title: Is the association between screen-based behaviour and health complaints among adolescents moderated by physical activity?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess the association between screen-based (SB) behaviour and selected health complaints in adolescents and whether physical activity (PA) moderates this association.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the cross-sectional Health Behaviour of School-aged Children study collected in 2010 among Slovak adolescents (age 11-15 years, N = 8,042, 48.6% boys) were used. Logistic regression models adjusted for age and gender were used to analyse the associations between watching TV, working with a computer or playing computer games and headache, backache, sleep difficulties, feeling low, irritability and feeling nervous. Next, we assessed the interactions of SB behaviours and PA regarding health complaints.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Watching TV more than 3 h is associated with increased chance of reporting headache, feeling low, being irritable or feeling nervous, while working with computer or playing computer games for more than 3 h does so in all of the explored health complaints. Being physically active does not moderate the associations of SB activities with health complaints.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SB behaviours are associated with health complaints among adolescents, and these associations are not moderated by PA.
authors.affiliation: Health Psychology Unit, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Trieda SNP 1, 040 01, Košice, Slovak Republic, daniela.brindova@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brindova
authors.forename: Zuzana Dankulincova
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Veselska
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Zdenek
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hamrik
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sigmundova
authors.forename: Jitse P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: van Dijk
authors.forename: Sijmen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Reijneveld
authors.forename: Andrea Madarasova
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Geckova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D003201:Computers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D018570:Risk Assessment; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D018154:Slovakia; D013690:Television / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018910:Video Games / Q000706:statistics & numerical data