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Effects of touch-screen technology usage on the hand skills dataset

Aman NA 1 , Chien CW 2 , Judd J 3 , Daud AZC 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Centre of Occupational Therapy Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus 42300 Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong (SAR), China
  • 3 School of Health, Medical and Applied Science, Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research, Central Queensland University, Bundaberg, Australia
Data Brief, 2020 Dec;33:106358.
PMID: 33083507 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106358

Abstract

This data article describes the hand skills of pre-school children between five and six years old from five schools under the Ministry of Education Malaysia. These data may be used in a journal article later to show the effects of touch-screen technology usage on hand skills of pre-school children. Demographic characteristics, hand skills ability and frequency of touch-screen technology usage data that was collected from August to September 2019. These data may be used in a future systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis to conclude the effects of touch-screen technology usage on children's hand skills. Parents, teachers and health practitioners may refer to these data to note the effects of touch-screen technology usage on hand skills of pre-school children.

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