Household chaos and screen media use among preschool-aged children: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Adjusted associations between household chaos and obesogenic screen use in preschool-aged children

			Outcome^a
	Median	n	Weekly screen use (hours)^b		Screen use within an hour of bedtime^c		Screen use in the Bedroom^c
	Median	n	beta (95% CI)	P-value	RR (95% CI)	P-value	RR (95% CI)	P-value
Household chaos score, quartiles
Quartile 1: < 24	21	104	0 (Reference)		1.00 (Reference)		1.00 (Reference)
Quartile 2: 25–29	27	91	7.7 (1.4, 14.1)	0.02	1.28 (0.92, 1.79)	0.14	1.15 (0.81, 1.62)	0.44
Quartile 3: 30–35	32	96	9.1 (2.7, 15.6)	< 0.01	1.42 (1.04, 1.95)	0.03	0.84 (0.58, 1.22)	0.35
Quartile 4: > 35	40	94	14.4 (7.8, 21.0)	< 0.001	1.69 (1.25, 2.29)	< 0.001	1.43 (1.04, 1.97)	0.03
P for linear trend^d			P = 0.03		P < 0.01		P = 0.42

Among 385 parents with preschool-aged children recruited via social media
^aAll models also adjusted for child age, race, ethnicity and gender, parent age and education level, annual household income, homeownership status, and the number of adults and children under the age of 12 years in the home
^bAdjusted beta coefficient from a linear regression model. Adjusted R² = 0.17
^cAdjusted relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval from a Poisson regression model with robust standard error estimates
^dP for linear trend based on simple linear regression fitting point estimates on quartile medians

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