Nursing Practice Problem: The nursing practice problem is obesity among school-age children. Comparison 1: Translational Research vs. Qualitative Research

 

Criteria	Peer-Reviewed Translational Article and Permalink/Working Link:
Joseph, E. D., Kracht, C. L., St. Romain, J., Allen, A. T., Barbaree, C., Martin, C. K., & Staiano, A. E. (2019). Young children’s screen time and physical activity: Perspectives of parents and early care and education center providers. Global Pediatric Health, 6, 2333794X19865856. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2333794X19865856

Translational Research Type:

Translation to practice (T3)

Peer-Reviewed Traditional Article and Permalink/Working Link:
Stiglic, N., & Viner, R. M. (2019). Effects of screentime on the health and well-being of children and adolescents: A systematic review of reviews. BMJ Open, 9(1), e023191. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023191

Traditional Qualitative Research Type: systematic review of past literature.

Observations (Similarities/Differences)
Methodology	Four focus groups (3 parents and 1 ECE provider) were conducted and thematic analysis performed to identify themes and subthemes on children’s screen time and physical activity.
Twenty-eight caregivers (21 parents and 7 ECE providers) participated in the research.

A systematic review of past studies on the evidence for health and well-being effects of screen time in children and adolescents was conducted. 13 reviews were identified.	Joseph et al. (2019) used focus groups while Stiglic and Viner (2019) did a literature review.
Goals	The primary goal was to seek input from caregivers on barriers and facilitators of physical activity and screen time to comprehensively address them and promote children’s health.
 

                                  

 

 

 

The study systematically examined the evidence of harms and benefits relating to screen time for children and young people’s health and well-being.	Joseph et al. (2019) examined how caregivers’ input regarding physical activity and screen time can be used to promote children’s health while Stiglic and Viner (2019) examined what past studies concluded regarding harms and benefits of screen time and children’s health and well-being.
Data Collection	Data for the study was obtained from focus groups containing twenty-eight caregivers. Focus groups were held between January and March 2017.	Stiglic and Viner (2019) searched electronic databases (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL) in February 2018.	Joseph et al. (2019) collected data from participants while Stiglic and Viner (2019) collected from peer-reviewed articles.
 

 

Comparison 2: Translational Research vs. Quantitative Research

            Criteria	Peer-Reviewed Translational Article and Permalink/Working Link:
Schwarzfischer, P., Gruszfeld, D., Socha, P., Luque, V., Closa-Monasterolo, R., Rousseaux, D., … & Grote, V. (2020). Effects of screen time and playing outside on anthropometric measures in preschool aged children. PloS One, 15(3), e0229708. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229708

Translational Research Type: research focused on outcomes in populations (T4)

Peer-Reviewed Traditional Article and Permalink/Working Link:
Goncalves, W. S. F., Byrne, R., Viana, M. T., & Trost, S. G. (2019). Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 16(1), 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12966-019-0788-3

Traditional Quantitative Research Type: A cross-sectional study.

[experimental research]

Observations (Similarities/Differences)
Methodology	Schwarzfischer et al. (2020) assessed children of the European Childhood Obesity Project annually by questionnaire from 3 until 6 years of age with focus on playing outside (PO) and screen time.	A survey measuring sociodemographic data, weekday and weekend screen time, and parental self-efficacy for limiting screen time.	Both studies evaluated outcomes. However, Schwarzfischer et al. (2020) used questionnaires while Goncalves et al. (2019) did a survey.
Goals	Schwarzfischer et al. (2020) investigated the relationship between average time spent on playing outside and screen time and anthropometric measures (body weight, waist circumference, and height) at 3 and 6 years of age.	Goncalves et al. (2019) examined the relationships between parental screen time, self-efficacy to limit screen time, child screen time and child BMI in preschool-aged children.	Both researches examined the relationship between screen time and measures related to obesity such as weight gain. However, Schwarzfischer et al. (2020) focused on various anthropometric measures while Goncalves et al. (2019) focused on child BMI.
Data Collection	Body weight, waist circumference and height were measured at 3 and 6 years of age to calculate Body-Mass-Index z-Scores (zBMI) and waist-to-height ratio (WTH) of 526 children of CHOP.
Schwarzfischer et al. (2020) applied linear, logistic and quantile regressions to test whether playing outside and screen time impacted anthropometric measures.

Height and weight were measured to derive BMI and BMI percentile.
Goncalves et al. (2019) further used observed variable path analysis to examine the relationship between parental and child variables.

Schwarzfischer et al. (2020) measured zBMI and waist-to-height ratio while Goncalves et al. (2019) measured height and weight to derive BMI.
 

 

 

References

Goncalves, W. S. F., Byrne, R., Viana, M. T., & Trost, S. G. (2019). Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 16(1), 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12966-019-0788-3