title: Screen-based behaviour in school-aged children with long-term illness.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Evidence is lacking on the screen-based behaviour of adolescents with a chronic condition. The aim of our study was to analyse differences in screen-based behaviour of adolescents by long-term illness, asthma and learning disabilities.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used data from the cross-sectional Health Behaviour of School-aged Children study collected in 2014 among Slovak adolescents (age 13 to 15 years old, N = 2682, 49.7 % boys). We analysed the associations between screen-based behaviour and long-term illness, asthma and learning disabilities using logistic regression models adjusted for gender.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found no associations between screen-based behaviour and long-term illness, except that children with asthma had a 1.60-times higher odds of excessively playing computer games than healthy children (95 % confidence interval of odds ratio (CI): 1.11-2.30). Children with learning disabilities had 1.71-times higher odds of risky use of the Internet (95 % CI: 1.19-2.45).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adolescents with a long-term illness or with a chronic condition or a learning disability do not differ from their peers in screen-based activities. Exceptions are children with asthma and children with learning disabilities, who reported more risky screen-based behaviour.
authors: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, Kosice, 040 01, Slovak Republic. daniela.brindova@upjs.sk.|Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, Kosice, 040 01, Slovak Republic. daniela.brindova@upjs.sk.
authors: Daniela
authors: D
authors: Husarova
authors: Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, Kosice, 040 01, Slovak Republic. andrea.geckova@upjs.sk.|Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, Kosice, 040 01, Slovak Republic. andrea.geckova@upjs.sk.|Center for Kinanthropology Research, Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacky University in Olomouc, Tr. Miru 115, Olomouc, 77111, Czech Republic. andrea.geckova@upjs.sk.|Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University Olomouc, Tr. Miru 115, Olomouc, 77111, Czech Republic. andrea.geckova@upjs.sk.
authors: Andrea Madarasova
authors: AM
authors: Geckova
authors: Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University Brno, Joštova 10, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic. lukasblinka@gmail.com.
authors: Lukas
authors: L
authors: Blinka
authors: Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University Brno, Joštova 10, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic. asevciko@fss.muni.cz.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Sevcikova
authors: Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Tr. SNP 1, Kosice, 040 01, Slovak Republic. j.p.van.dijk@umcg.nl.|Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University Olomouc, Tr. Miru 115, Olomouc, 77111, Czech Republic. j.p.van.dijk@umcg.nl.|Department of Community & Occupational Health, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands. j.p.van.dijk@umcg.nl.
authors: Jitse P
authors: JP
authors: van Dijk
authors: Department of Community & Occupational Health, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands. s.a.reijneveld@umcg.nl.
authors: Sijmen A
authors: SA
authors: Reijneveld
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003201:Computers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013690:Television / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018910:Video Games / Q000706:statistics & numerical data