Table 1 Research question using PECO format
From: Correlates of mobile screen media use among children aged 0–8: protocol for a systematic review
Criteria | Description |
|---|---|
P: population | Children under 8 years |
E: exposure | Correlates of mobile screen media use |
C: comparison | With vs. without the correlates |
O: outcome | Use of mobile screens (e.g. mobile phones, electronic tablets, handheld computers, personal digital assistants (PDA) and any other form of mobile electronic media) |
Types of studies | All designs (cross-sectional, case-control, cohort and intervention studies), only quantitative studies |
Exclusion | Papers that have not studied correlates of screen time of mobile devices |
Studies that have studied sedentary behaviour but not explicitly addressed screen time | |
Studies that have not included at least one form of a mobile screen device | |
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis | |
Grey literature | |
Qualitative studies | |
Studies carried out in settings other than home or community | |
Studies carried out among unhealthy participants | |
Studies with larger age group with no sub-group analysis for the target group | |
Papers published before 2009 and after December 2015 | |
Papers published in language other than English | |
Non-peer-reviewed articles | |
Studies involving children older than 8 years |