Prevalence of Internet Addiction Among Adolescent

• Conditions: Internet Addiction
• Interventions: Other: Data collection

• Registration Number: NCT04902300
• Lead Sponsor: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

Brief Summary

Internet is now a tool available 24 hours a day, at a lower cost and accessible almost anywhere. Internet addiction could be defined as the inability to control one's Internet use and the continuation of this behavior despite the occurrence of negative consequences.

Adolescence is a time of vulnerability to addiction, due to social and neurobiological factors.

Detailed Description

The aim of the study is to evaluate prevalence of internet addiction among adolescent attending high school

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-05-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-05-21
• Study First Posted: 2021-05-26
• Study Start: 2022-01-11
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-25
• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-27
• Study Completion: 2022-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4750

Inclusion Criteria

• adolescent attending high school
• agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Adolescent	Data collection	adolescent attending high school

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
internet addiction	Day 0	Internet addiction evaluated using Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS-9). CIUS-9 includes 9 items. Each item is coded from 0 to 4 points. The overall score ranges from 0 to 36 points. The higher the score, the more compulsive the internet behavior. A score greater than or equal to 18 defines an internet addiction.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne; 🇫🇷 Reims, France