![]() ![]() ![]() To date, studies of screen time of children and adolescents in the general population pointed to poorer health outcomes in terms of sedentary health risks, behavioral strengths and difficulties scores, prosocial behaviors ( 1, 2), psychological wellbeing, quality of life ( 3), sleep ( 4), as well as depressive ( 3, 5), and anxiety disorders ( 6). Other consistent finding is that, over the ensuing decades, the screen time among children and adolescents has been increasing. Current measure of screen time is the total duration (usually in hours/day) of time spent viewing programs, or playing video games, on television, a computer, or a mobile device. ![]() The use of television and mobile devices by children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) occupies a central place in their everyday lives. Specific recommendations and suitable guidance are needed to help children and adolescents with ASD and their parents implement the more optimal use of screen time activities for educational, therapeutic and social goals. Risk factors for excessive screen time were high withdrawn behaviors and low socioeconomic status for children, and older age and male gender for adolescents.Ĭonclusion: These results imply to adapt the recommendations already formulated in general population concerning the good use of screens in youth with ASD. Excessive screen time was significantly related to age with higher screen time in adolescents. Results: More than one third of subjects exceeded recommended levels of screen time and almost half of parents reported that their child spent more time using screen since COVID-19 pandemic beginning. The clinical, socio-demographic and familial characteristics were collected from the last ELENA follow-up visit. Information about the screen time was collected using the COVID-19 questionnaire specially created for this study. Methods: The study sample consisted of 249 ASD subjects, 3–17 years of age, enrolled in the ELENA cohort. This study aimed to examine the screen time of children and adolescents with ASD during a discrete lockdown period in France and identify risk factors for excessive screen time. 8Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, Franceīackground: The COVID-19 pandemic may affect the screen time of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).7Developmental Medicine Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.6Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.5Université Paris Cité, Inserm, INRAE, Centre de Recherche en Épidémiologie et Statistiques, Paris, France.4Clinical Research and Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Information, University Hospital, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France.3Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP, Team DevPsy, Villejuif, France.2Centre d'Excellence sur l'Autisme et les Troubles Neuro-développementaux, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France.1Centre de Ressource Autisme Languedoc-Roussillon, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France.Bernard 5,6 Kerim Munir 7 Amaria Baghdadli 1,2,3,8 * for the ELENA study group ![]() Mathilde Berard 1,2 Marianne Peries 1,2,3 Julie Loubersac 1,2,3 Marie-Christine Picot 2,3,4 Jonathan Y. ![]()
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