@article{Patraquim_Ferreira_Martins_Mourão_Gomes_Martins_2018, place={Porto, Portugal}, title={Children and media exposure}, volume={27}, url={https://revistas.rcaap.pt/nascercrescer/article/view/9510}, DOI={10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v27.i1.9510}, abstractNote={<p align="justify"><strong>Background:</strong> Children and adolescents spend several hours watching television, playing video games and surfing the internet. Benefits of media are vast, but potential risks exist.<br /> <strong>Objectives:</strong> Determine the patterns of media exposure in a population of children and adolescents.<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> This is a cross-sectional, observational and analytic study. We selected a convenience sample from children and adolescents between 4 months and 18 years who were observed in a primary healthcare center and a questionnaire was applied to the caregivers.<br /> <strong>Results:</strong> One hundred and twenty six questionnaires were obtained. A significant percentage of children and adolescents were exposed to more than two hours a day of screen time at weekdays and weekend: television - 15,9% and 50,4%, video games - 6,3% and 15,9% and computer - 10,3% and 22,2%, respectively. A considerable number of children under two years of age is exposed to one hour or more of television a day at weekdays (21,4%) and weekend (32,1%). Sixty-nine point six percent of caregivers reported using television or tablet at mealtimes. The presence of media in the bedroom was associated with greater exposure to television at weekdays (p=0,026 and p=0,005, respectively). Habits of caregivers related to the media were associated with increased exposure of children and adolescents to television at weekend (p=0,004). Screen time seemed to be significantly associated with reduced sleep duration.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Exposure to media is growing and occurs at increasingly earlier ages. This issue should be addressed in medical appointments, in order to advise parents.</p>}, number={1}, journal={NASCER E CRESCER - BIRTH AND GROWTH MEDICAL JOURNAL}, author={Patraquim, Cláudia and Ferreira, Sara and Martins, Hélder and Mourão, Helena and Gomes, Paula and Martins, Sofia}, year={2018}, month={Apr.}, pages={11–21} }