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Pediatrics Education and Research

Volume  1, Issue 1,  2013, Pages -
 

Original Article

Digital Childhood: To Study the Time Spent by Children on Sunday

Sunil n mhaske1, Ramesh B. Kothari2, Sanded Deokate3, Ram Sethi4, Pavan Suryawanshi5

1Peofessor and Head, dept of Pardiatrics, 2Assistant Professor, 3&4 PG Student, Padmashreede, Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Medical College and Hospital, Near Govt. Milk Dairy, Vilad Ghat, Ahmednagar-414111

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Objective: To study the time spent by children on Sunday in children aged 6 years to 12 years. Design: Prospective study. Setting: Paediatric department of a tertiary care teaching hospital. Participants: Total 300 cases were included in the study. Cases were children of age group 6 years to 12 years coming to paediatricOPD during 1st June 2011 to 31st May 2012. Methods: After informed consent, detailed history was taken and parents were asked for the details of their child’s activity on Sunday. Results: About 25% time is spent for watching television averagely, with some variation between boys & girls (boys>girls). Conclusions: The total time spent by boys on electronic based equipments is 57.5% & by girls is 50%. 

Key words: Sunday; Electronic media; TV; 6 years to 12 years.


Corresponding Author : Sunil N Mhaske, Ramesh B Kothari, Sandeep Deokate, Ram Sethi, Pavan Suryawanshi