Assessing health risks for schoolchildren and students caused by exposure to educational and entertaining information technologies

Milushkina, OYu; Skoblina, NA; Markelova, SV; Tatarinchik, A.A.; Бокарева, Н А; Fedotov, D. M.

doi:10.21668/health.risk/2019.3.16.eng

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“…Установленная разница в частоте патологической пораженности обучающихся на разных ступенях образования и прямые связи патологической пораженности расстройств вегетативной нервной системы, головной боли напряженного типа, болезней щитовидной железы и КМС (в т. ч. дорсопатиями), Установленное в ходе исследования статистически значимое увеличение в 1,7-2,9 раза патологической пораженности деформирующими дорсопатиями (М43) и сколиозом (М41) за период получения общего образования можно объяснить фактом гиподинамии, нарушениями организации образовательного процесса и нерациональным питанием школьников, что является одними из наиболее значимых факторов риска в формировании патологии КМС (нарушение осанки, сколиозы), относящихся к так называемым школьно-обусловленным заболеваниям [1,8,18,20,24]. По данным литературы, режим дня учащихся характеризуется гипокинезией, обусловленной сидячим образом жизни (69,51 %), проведением за экраном телевизора или монитора более 4 часов в день (27,01 %), отсутствием ежедневных занятий физическими упражнениями (51,89 %) и прогулок на свежем воздухе, что во многом обусловлено высокой интенсивностью образовательного процесса [6,25,26].…”

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Prevalence Rates in Schoolchildren According to the Results of Comprehensive Medical Examinations

Shtina¹,

Osheva²,

Valina³

et al. 2023

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Introduction: The educational process is one of the leading factors determining health of schoolchildren. Identification of pathologic afflictions among students can contribute to targeted development of health promotion activities and significantly reduce risks of diseases related to learning. Objective: To compare prevalence rates in elementary, secondary and high school students. Materials and methods: In January 2021 to October 2022, 498 schoolchildren passed comprehensive medical examinations. They were subdivided into three cohorts: cohort 1 consisted of 132 elementary school students (median age = 8 (7; 9) years), cohort 2 included 257 secondary school students (13 (11; 14) years), and cohort 3 comprised 109 high school students aged 16 (16; 17) years. The prevalence was assessed based on doctors’ statements; the data and statistics were analyzed using Jamovi. Results: Diseases of the musculoskeletal and digestive systems and endocrine disorders were found to be the most prevalent among the students (68.9–87.5 per 100 examined). The highest fold difference was established between high and elementary school students for the prevalence rates of tension-type headache (32.1), chronic gastritis and duodenitis (22.9), myopia (5.1), and scoliosis (2.9). We observed a direct relationship between educational stages and the development of those diseases. Conclusions: Our findings indicate the need of including additional examinations by neurologists and otolaryngologists at different ages in the procedure for conducting health checkups of minors. The focus, content and scope of health promotion, disease prevention, and outreach activities of pediatricians and preventive medicine physicians should be determined taking into account age-specific prevalence rates and the established association between stages of school education and certain health disorders.

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Prevalence Rates in Schoolchildren According to the Results of Comprehensive Medical Examinations

Shtina¹,

Osheva²,

Valina³

et al. 2023

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Effect of Unplugged Programming Teaching Aids on Children’s Computational Thinking and Classroom Interaction: with Respect to Piaget’s Four Stages Theory

Zhan

et al. 2022

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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This paper examined the effect of the Unplugged Programming Teaching Aids (UPTA) on students' computational thinking and classroom interaction. A set of UPTA was created and used in a primary school in southern China. A total of 48 students aged 6–8 were assigned to two classes, with the same instructor and learning materials, but only the treatment group was provided with the UPTA. Both groups were tested on computational thinking ability, children’s concrete operation status, degree of ego-centricity, and in-classroom interaction. Results indicated that the children aged 6–8 years old could classify things according to two kinds of criteria at the same time, but their cognitive style was still ego-centered and they found it difficult to deal with problems from a third-party perspective, no matter whether in the treatment group or the control group. However, students in the treatment group achieved significantly higher scores on the test of computational thinking and were more engaged in the classroom interaction patterns. These findings provide evidence of the positive effect of the UPTA on promoting children’s computational thinking by guiding them to decompose and solve problems, as well as enhancing their interaction and communication in the classroom, so as to transform from simple imitation to collaborative inquiry.

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Effect of different mobile device screen time durations on neuropsychiatric health of schoolchildren

Solovyova,

Paunova,

Semicheva

et al. 2023

BRSMU

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Uncontrolled screen time is a worldwide menace to health of the population. Today, the state of neuropsychiatric health of schoolchildren depends on various factors, including screen time, i.e., the time they spend using mobile electronic devices. This study aimed to investigate how different screen time durations affect the said neuropsychiatric health of this population group. In the 2022–2023 academic year, we surveyed 109 Moscow schoolchildren (35 boys and 74 girls) using questionnaires compiled by A.M. Vane (identification of signs of vegetative symptoms) and S.K. Kulakov (identification of internet addiction). The mean age of the participants was 14.9 ± 0.12 years. The children were divided into two groups: those staying within the regulated limit of mobile screen time (group 1, n = 11), and those exceeding that limit (group 2, n = 98). In group 1, the average mobile screen time, as measured for one month, was 110.50 ± 10.00 minutes per day, in group 2 — 345.00 ± 15.00. The average Vane questionnaire scores differed significantly between the groups (p ≤ 0.01): 12.30 ± 1.89 points in group 1 and 22.54 ± 1.16 points in group 2. Signs of vegetative symptoms were registered in 45.9% of group 1 participants and 63.6% of group 2 participants (p ≤ 0.01). The average Kulakov questionnaire scores differed significantly between the groups (p ≤ 0.05): 28.7 ± 1.88 points in group 1 and 37.1 ± 1.09 points in group 2. Schoolchildren who exceed the regulated mobile screen time limit are at risk of developing vegetative disorders and internet addiction.

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Assessing health risks for schoolchildren and students caused by exposure to educational and entertaining information technologies

Cited by 25 publications

References 11 publications

Prevalence Rates in Schoolchildren According to the Results of Comprehensive Medical Examinations

Prevalence Rates in Schoolchildren According to the Results of Comprehensive Medical Examinations

Effect of Unplugged Programming Teaching Aids on Children’s Computational Thinking and Classroom Interaction: with Respect to Piaget’s Four Stages Theory

Effect of different mobile device screen time durations on neuropsychiatric health of schoolchildren

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