RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Touch-screen technology usage in toddlers
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 181
OP 183
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309278
VO 101
IS 2
A1 Caroline Ahearne
A1 Sinead Dilworth
A1 Rachel Rollings
A1 Vicki Livingstone
A1 Deirdre Murray
YR 2016
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/101/2/181.abstract
AB Objective To establish the prevalence and patterns of use of touch-screen technologies in the toddler population.Design Parental questionnaires were completed for children aged 12 months to 3 years examining access to touch-screen devices and ability to perform common forms of interaction with touch-screen technologies.Results The 82 questionnaires completed on typically developing children revealed 71% of toddlers had access to touch-screen devices for a median of 15 min (IQR: 9.375–26.25) per day. By parental report, 24 months was the median age of ability to swipe (IQR: 19.5–30.5), unlock (IQR: 20.5–31.5) and active looking for touch-screen features (IQR: 22–30.5), while 25 months (IQR: 21–31.25) was the median age of ability to identify and use specific touch-screen features. Overall, 32.8% of toddlers could perform all four skills.Conclusions From 2 years of age toddlers have the ability to interact purposefully with touch-screen devices and demonstrate a variety of common skills required to utilise touch-screen technology.