The use of entertainment and communication technologies before sleep could affect sleep and weight status: a population-based study among children

Table 5 Weight status characteristics of grade 5 children and electronic and entertainment communication device bedroom access and use during the hour before sleep

	%	^aUnderweight (13.4%) %	Normal (66.7%) %	Overweight (17.7%) %	^bObese (2.3%) %	p-value
TV
No access and no use	53.7	61.7	54.0	49.7	28.6	<0.001
Access but never used	14.2	8.5	14.2	16.5	22.5
Access and used	20.1	15.3	19.9	24.6	38.8
^cNo access and used	12.0	14.6	11.9	9.2	10.2
Computer
No access and no use	54.5	55.5	57.1	57.0	43.8	0.23
Access but never used	13.8	12.3	13.8	12.7	16.7
Access and used	12.3	10.3	10.2	12.1	22.9
^cNo access and used	19.4	21.9	18.9	18.2	16.7
Tablet
No access and no use	52.3	50.7	50.7	54.4	50.0	0.82
Access but never used	10.2	9.3	9.9	8.8	8.7
Access and used	16.3	16.4	17.7	13.6	15.2
^cNo access and used	21.2	23.6	21.7	23.2	26.1
Video Games
No access and no use	60.9	64.1	60.3	62.6	52.1	0.17
Access but never used	15.9	12.1	15.9	16.3	27.1
Access and used	10.3	9.3	10.4	10.3	14.6
^cNo access and used	12.9	14.5	13.4	10.8	6.3
Cell Phone
No access and no use	59.0	56.7	61.1	55.6	53.1	0.39
Access but never used	23.1	25.9	21.5	26.6	24.5
Access and used	11.8	10.2	11.9	12.3	14.3
^cNo access and used	6.1	7.2	5.6	5.5	8.2
At least one device
No access and no use	12.2	12.8	12.3	12.1	6.0	0.56
Access but never used	17.8	17.2	17.9	17.7	8.0
Access and used	56.4	54.7	56.3	57.7	72.0
^cNo access and used	13.6	15.2	13.5	12.7	14.0
Reading
No access and frequent reading	19.9	21.6	20.1	16.8	14.0	0.66
Access but frequent reading	52.9	49.7	53.1	52.2	56.0
Access and rarely reading	21.2	22.3	21.0	23.3	24.0
No access and rarely reading	6.0	6.4	5.8	7.8	6.0

^aThinness grade 1, Thinness grade 2 and Thinness grade 3 weight categories combined
^bObese and Morbid obese weight categories combined
^cResponse category considered illogical: No access to EECD in the bedroom and is used in the bedroom during the hour before sleep
p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant

ISSN: 1479-5868