Can You Reduce Problematic Smartphone Use Through a Group Intervention: A Single Case Experimental Design

Canterbury Christ Church University1 site in 1 country7 target enrollmentMay 20, 2022

ConditionsAddiction, Smartphone

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Addiction, Smartphone
Sponsor: Canterbury Christ Church University
Enrollment: 7
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Change from pre-intervention (week 1) at post-intervention (week 10) on the Smartphone Addiction Scale -Short Version (SAS-SV).
Status: Terminated
Last Updated: 3 years ago

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Overview

Brief Summary

This study will develop and conduct an initial, single-case, mixed-methods evaluation of a brief group intervention for mild and moderate problematic phone use.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

May 20, 2022

End Date

October 29, 2022

Last Updated

3 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Canterbury Christ Church University

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Self-identifies as struggling with problematic smart phone use

Exclusion Criteria

•Actively experiencing suicidal or self-injurious thoughts, or have experienced these within the past year
•Already in a psychological therapy/intervention
•Planning a change of psychotropic medication during the research project.
•No access to video calling and/or slow internet connection speed
•A mental health condition that is not currently well managed/stable and therefore other interventions are likely to be more appropriate
•Does not own a smartphone that can record screen time
•Is not living in the UK, with access to services within the UK

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change from pre-intervention (week 1) at post-intervention (week 10) on the Smartphone Addiction Scale -Short Version (SAS-SV).

Time Frame: Post-intervention (week 10)

This measures smartphone addiction producing a score between 10 and 60, with higher scores indicating greater levels of addiction.

Secondary Outcomes

Change from pre-intervention (week 1) at follow-up (week 18) on the Multicultural Quality of Life Index.(Follow-up (week 18))
Change in daily subjective units of distress from the baseline period (weeks 0 and 1) to the follow-up period (weeks 17 to 18)(Follow-up period (weeks 17 to 18))
Change in daily phone use from the baseline period (weeks 0 and 1) to the intervention period (weeks 2 to 9)(Intervention period (weeks 2 to 9))
Change from pre-intervention (week 1) at post-intervention (week 10) on the Multicultural Quality of Life Index.(Post-intervention (week 10))
Change from pre-intervention (week 1) at follow-up (week 18) on the Smartphone Addiction Scale -Short Version (SAS-SV).(Follow-up (week 18))
Change from pre-intervention (week 1) at follow-up (week 18) on the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale -21 item version (DASS-21).(Follow-up (week 18))
Change in daily phone use from the baseline period (weeks 0 and 1) to the follow-up period (weeks 17 to 18)(Follow-up period (weeks 17 to 18))
Change from pre-intervention (week 1) at post-intervention (week 10) on the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale -21 item version (DASS-21).(Post-intervention (week 10))
Change in daily subjective units of distress from the baseline period (weeks 0 and 1) to the intervention period (weeks 2 to 9)(Intervention period (weeks 2 to 9))