- 著者
- Masaaki Yamada Michikazu Sekine Takashi Tatsuse
- 出版者
- Japan Epidemiological Association
- 雑誌
- Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.JE20210365, (Released:2021-11-06)
- 参考文献数
- 40
- 被引用文献数
- 6
Background: Pathological gaming (PG) has emerged as one of the major public health concerns worldwide. We aimed to assess PG and its associated factors among elementary school children in Japan.Methods: We conducted a school-based observational study in Toyama, Japan in 2018. Totally, 13,413 children in the 4th-6th grades (mean age, 10.5 years) participated in the study. We distributed questionnaires and inquired about their lifestyle, irritability, and school and family environments. Referring to criteria of gaming disorder in the International Statistical Classification of Disease (ICD-11), we asked about three core symptoms: impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities, and continuation of gaming despite the negative consequences. Children who had all three criteria in the questionnaire were defined as PG.Results: The response rate was 97.6% and 11,826 children were included in our analyses (88.2%). The prevalence of PG was 5.6% (7.8% in boys, 3.2% in girls). Besides sex, PG was significantly associated with lifestyles including skipping breakfast (odds ratio, OR=1.33; 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.05-1.68), physical inactivity (OR=2.23; 95% CI: 1.63-3.05 for rare), late bed time (OR=2.52; 95% CI: 1.96-3.25 for ≥11 p.m), frequent irritability (OR=1.89; 95% CI: 1.47-2.43), frequent feeling of school avoidance (OR=1.92; 95% CI: 1.49-2.46), fewer close friends (OR=1.30; 95% CI: 1.08-1.56 for some), low academic performance (OR=1.53; 95% CI: 1.13-2.08), no child-parental interaction (OR=1.34; 95% CI: 1.02-1.75), and no rules at home (OR=1.21; 95% CI: 1.02-1.43).Conclusion: Unhealthy lifestyles, irritability, and low functioning in school and family environments were associated with PG. Besides having a healthy lifestyle, parental involvement appears to be an essential countermeasure for PG in children.
- 著者
- Masaaki Yamada Michikazu Sekine Takashi Tatsuse Yukiko Asaka
- 出版者
- Japan Epidemiological Association
- 雑誌
- Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.31, no.10, pp.537-544, 2021-10-05 (Released:2021-10-05)
- 参考文献数
- 32
- 被引用文献数
- 3 7
Background: Little is known about pathological Internet use (PIU) and online risky behaviors among elementary school children. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with PIU and online risky behaviors.Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Toyama, Japan in 2018. The study included 13,413 children in the 4th–6th grades (mean, 10.5 years old) from 110 elementary schools (61.1% of elementary schools in Toyama). We assessed PIU using Young’s Diagnostic Questionnaire (YDQ) and risky behaviors. Poisson regression analysis was conducted.Results: Totally, 13,092 children returned questionnaires (response rate 97.6%). The prevalence of PIU was 4.2% and that of each risky behavior was as follows: 21.6% for spending money online, 6.6% for uploading personal movies, 5.2% for interpersonal issues, and 2.4% for having met strangers. PIU was significantly associated with boys (prevalence ratio [PR] 1.26; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04–1.52), skipping breakfast (PR 1.43; 95% CI, 1.14–1.79), Internet time (for 2∼3 h, PR 3.49; 95% CI, 2.63–4.65; for 3∼4 h, PR 4.45; 95% CI, 3.27–6.06; and for ≥4 h, PR 8.25; 95% CI, 6.45–10.55), physical inactivity (PR 2.63; 95% CI, 2.00–3.47), late bedtime (PR 1.86; 95% CI, 1.45–2.39 for ≥11 p.m.), no rules at home (PR 1.22; 95% CI, 1.01–1.46), no child-parent interaction (PR 1.37; 95% CI, 1.06–1.77), and no close friends in real life (PR 1.69; 95% CI, 1.30–2.19).Conclusions: PIU and risky behaviors were not rare among the elementary school children. Besides unhealthy lifestyles, social and family environments were associated with PIU. Having child-parent interaction and helping children develop close friendships in real life are effective deterrents to PIU.
- 著者
- Masaaki Yamada Michikazu Sekine Takashi Tatsuse Yukiko Asaka
- 出版者
- Japan Epidemiological Association
- 雑誌
- Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.JE20200214, (Released:2020-08-08)
- 参考文献数
- 32
- 被引用文献数
- 7
Background: Little is known about pathological Internet use (PIU) and online risky behaviors among elementary school children. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with PIU and online risky behaviors.Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Toyama, Japan in 2018. The study included 13,413 children in the 4th-6th grades (mean, 10.5 years old) from 110 elementary schools (61.1% of elementary schools in Toyama). We assessed PIU by Young’s Diagnostic Questionnaire (YDQ) and risky behaviors. Poisson regression analysis was conducted.Results: Totally, 13,092 children returned questionnaires (response rate 97.6%). The prevalence of PIU was 4.2% and that of each risky behavior was as follows: 21.6% in spending money online, 6.6% in uploading personal movies, 5.2% in interpersonal issues, and 2.4% in having met strangers. PIU was significantly associated with boys (prevalence ratio, PR=1.26; 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.04-1.52), skipping breakfast (PR=1.43; 95% CI: 1.14-1.79), Internet time (for 2~3h; PR=3.49, 95% CI: 2.63-4.65, for 3~4h; PR=4.45, 95% CI: 3.27-6.06, and for ≥4h; PR=8.25, 95% CI: 6.45-10.55), physical inactivity (PR=2.63; 95% CI: 2.00-3.47), late bedtime (PR=1.86; 95% CI: 1.45-2.39 for ≥11p.m.), no rules at home (PR=1.22; 95% CI: 1.01-1.46), no child-parent interaction (PR=1.37; 95% CI: 1.06-1.77), no close friends in real life (PR=1.69; 95% CI: 1.30-2.19).Conclusions: PIU and risky behaviors were not rare among the elementary school children. Besides unhealthy lifestyles, social and family environments were associated with PIU. Having child-parent interaction and helping children develop close friendships in real life are effective deterrents to PIU.
- 著者
- Uta KOURA Michikazu SEKINE Masaaki YAMADA Takashi TATSUSE
- 出版者
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
- 雑誌
- Industrial Health (ISSN:00198366)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.2019-0189, (Released:2020-05-21)
- 被引用文献数
- 2
High level of work-family conflict (WFC) is an important risk factor for stress-related health outcomes. However, many studies are cross-sectional studies. In this study, we aimed to clarify how changes in WFC levels over a period 5 years can affect workers' mental and physical health, and to clarify whether there are gender differences of them. This study examined 1,808 civil servants (1,258 men and 550 women) aged 20–65 years working in a local government in the west coast of Japan from 2003 to 2008. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine whether the change in WFC contributes to workers’ health problems and whether there are gender differences. This study revealed association sustained high WFC and deterioration of WFC conflict with poor mental health and poor job satisfaction for both men and women. In men high WFC conflict and deterioration was associated with poor mental health (OR=2.74). On the other hand, women had strong relationship between WFC changes and poor physical health (OR=2.64). WFC was an important factor as a social determinant of health of Japanese civil servants, and the change in WFC affects subsequent health problems with different trends in men and women.