Young Children and Screens: Parents' Perspectives and Child Health Nurses' Approaches in a Digital Age

NCT07168057 · tracked via the Priya Life Science Sweden tracker

Sponsor

Karolinska Institutet

Phase

Observational

Started

2026-02-01

Last updated

2026-08-12

Condition(s) studied

Primary Health Care ProvidersEarly Childhood BehaviorChild Health ServicesParenting PracticesCaregiversNursing Practice

Study summary

The overall aim of the research project is to investigate screen habits among children (0-5 years) and their parents including nurses' perspective, and further parents' and nurses' experiences of using web-based healthcare advisory services within Swedish child health care (CHC).

The main research questions are:

What is the correlation between children's and their parents' screen use?

How does screen use differ among families with various socioeconomic backgrounds?

How well does the modified SCREEN-Q instrument measure screen use in Swedish conditions?

How do parents perceive their own and their children's screen use and their parental role?

What are parents' views on available advice and recommendations regarding children's screen use?

How do parents use and experience web-based advisory services within health care and Swedish child health care (CHC)?

How do CHC nurses address screen media-related issues within CHC?

What are CHC nurses' experiences with web-based advisory services?

Participants will:

* Complete a survey on screen habits and digital health service use (N ≈ 300)
* Contribute to validation of a modified SCREEN-Q instrument
* Take part in interviews (parents) and focus groups (child health nurses)

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Min age

18 Years

Max age

—

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria: * Parents whose child/children is/are registered in the Swedish Child Health Care center(s) that participate in the study and that have at least one child at age 0-5 yrs. * Child health nurses working in the Swedish Child Health Care center(s) that participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Parent not having children registered in the participating health care centers at age 0-5 yrs. * Child health nurses not working at the participating child health centers.

Primary outcome measure(s)

Parents' screen use — Day 1
Parents are asked about following in SCREEN-Q (modified): Primary place of work or study, Time spent on screen-based work tasks at home on weekdays and weekends, Time spent on screen-based leisure activities on weekdays and weekends, Types of screen-based leisure activities,
Child's screen use — Day 1
Parents are asked about following in SCREEN-Q (modified): Child's Access to Screens, Child's Use of Screen Devices, Child's Ownership of Screen Devices, Time Spent on Screen-Based Activities, Screen Media Habits at Home, Rules for Screen Use, Screen Use During the Day, Multitasking and Social Context of Screen Use, Parental Perceptions of Child's Screen Use, Age When Child Received Own Devices

Trial sites (1)

Facility	City	Region	Status
Karolinska Institutet	Stockholm	Sweden

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Official registry record

This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.

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