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SynthesisChild: care, health and development2025

Screen Time Among and Youth Children With Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Leigh M Vanderloo, Matthew Bourke, Leah G Taylor, Sophie M Phillips, Aidan Loh, Katerina Disimino, Rebecca L Bassett-Gunter, Tyler Koo, Molly Thompson-Hill, Patricia Tucker

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Synthesis in Child: care, health and development, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Leigh M VanderlooSchool of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4621-3717
Matthew BourkeHealth and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Leah G TaylorSchool of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Sophie M PhillipsSchool of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4140-8013
Aidan LohSchool of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Katerina DisiminoSchool of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Rebecca L Bassett-GunterSchool of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Tyler KooDepartment of Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Molly Thompson-HillSchool of Health Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Patricia TuckerSchool of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-9418

Funding

Children's Health Research InstituteMitacsSSHRC
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis paper aimed to review and synthesize screen time research among children and youth with disabilities.

methodsSeven online databases were searched, and a machine learning-assisted systematic review model was used to identify relevant studies. English and French papers reporting on screen time among children and youth with a disability were eligible. Extracted data were synthesized by participant age, followed by type of screen time reporting. Meta-analyses were conducted to estimate daily screen time and adherence to screen time guidelines using random effects meta-analysis.

resultsEighty-one studies were included. Screen time ranged from 0.5 to 7.27 h/day and varied widely based on disability type. Pooled average screen time was 3.70, 3.28 and 3.39 h/day for children and youth with ASD, ADHD and CP, respectively.

conclusionScreen use is prominent among children and youth with disabilities. Limiting screen time in this group is critical in preventing numerous related consequences of excessive, prolonged use. POLICY IMPLICATIONS: Interventions targeting children and youth with disabilities are needed to decrease excessive screen time among this population and to inform future public health policy and setting-specific practice.

Indexed as

Children with DisabilitiesScreen TimeAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolHumanscomputerpaediatricsscreen usesedentary behaviouryouth

Identifiers

PMID40667622
PMCPMC12264844

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