Use Of Gadget Duration And Development Of Preschool Children In Bengkulu City 2018
- DOI
- 10.2991/icihc-18.2019.59How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Gadget, child development
- Abstract
World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 5-25% of preschool-aged children suffer from developmental disorders, one of the factors that influence is the use of gadgets. If a child experiences a social development disorder, it is feared that the child will experience difficulty in adjusting himself, especially with the demands of the group, the child's independence in thinking and behaving, and most importantly the disturbance in the formation of self-concept of a child. This study aims to determine the relationship of the duration of use gadget to the development of preschool children. The research design used in this study was an analytical survey approach cross-sectional where the independent variable duration of use gadget and the dependent variable of child development are collected at the same time. The population was 46 children aged 5-6 years. The results showed that most of the children (56.7%) experienced a dubious development while the test results Chi-Square showed a p-value of 0.008, which means there is a relationship between the duration of the use of gadgets for the development of preschoolers with an OR = 14.875 means that the duration of use gadget in children is 14.875 times affecting children's development. The results of this study are expected parents/guardians to be more selective in giving toys to children, especially permitting to play gadgets.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yuniarti AU - Rialike Burhan AU - Epti Yorita AU - Reka Lagora Marsofely AU - Ika Puspa Dewi PY - 2019/04 DA - 2019/04 TI - Use Of Gadget Duration And Development Of Preschool Children In Bengkulu City 2018 BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Inter-professional Health Collaboration (ICIHC 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 270 EP - 273 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icihc-18.2019.59 DO - 10.2991/icihc-18.2019.59 ID - 2019/04 ER -