TO IDENTIFY THE RISK FACTORS LEADING TO INITIATION OF GADGET USE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Dr Pranoti Jadhao; Dr Anjali Kale; Dr Abhay Jain

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

TO IDENTIFY THE RISK FACTORS LEADING TO INITIATION OF GADGET USE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Dr Pranoti Jadhao, Dr Anjali Kale, Dr Abhay Jain

Abstract :

Gadgets are popular in children and as likely in elders. It�s really surprising a 2 year old baby can and knows how to use a gadget, similar to how a kid knows to use a feeding bottle. In 2013 Daily mail reported that 29% of the toddlers can easily use the gadgets and remaining 70% are master by primary school age. Too much gadget use could lead to speech or language delay, hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, learning problems, childhood depression and negative impact on character. A lot of research has been done on this type of phenomena; this paper describes the factors leading to initiation of gadget use in children as well as the the attitude of parents towards it. Materials and Methods: It is an observational study conducted at Pediatric Opd of MGM MCH Aurangabad from 1st October –31st December. Results: From our statistical analysis of 200 patients it was observed that the maximum age for onset of gadget use was between 13 months-24 months(46.5%). The reason for initation of gadget use was for feeding purposes (45%). Mobile was the commonest used gadget in children (58.5%). It was also observed that there was a direct correlation between social status and the use of gadget in children.