Effects of Digital Detox on Mental Health in Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Symptoms of depression (PHQ-9)
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a short, self-guided program for cutting down smartphone screen time can reduce symptoms of depression in young adults. It includes students in Oslo, Norway, who have applied for help at the student mental health service (SiO Mental Health).
The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does a 2-week screen time reduction program reduce symptoms of depression?
- Does it reduce symptoms of anxiety?
- Can a simple, widely available phone app reduce screen time, and does the reduction last?
Researchers will compare students who start the program right away with students who continue their usual care for 2 weeks and receive the same program afterwards. Participants are placed in one of the two groups by chance, like flipping a coin.
Participants will:
- Answer questionnaires about depression and anxiety symptoms at the start and again after 2 weeks
- Upload screenshots of the Screen Time summary on their iPhone at the start, after 2 weeks, and after 12 weeks
- Install an app that blocks the apps they find most distracting and keep it active for 2 weeks, if they are placed in the program group
- Take part entirely online, with no clinic visits and no contact with the study team
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Has applied for care at SiO Mental Health, the student mental health service in Oslo, and has received the service's response to the application
- •Owns an iPhone (the screen time restriction tool requires iOS)
- •Able to understand written Norwegian
- •Provides informed consent
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Screen time reduction
干预措施: App-based smartphone screen time restriction program (Behavioral)
Care as usual
结局指标
主要结局
Symptoms of depression (PHQ-9)
时间窗: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 2 weeks
Patient Health Questionnaire-9, range 0 to 27, higher scores indicate more depressive symptoms.
次要结局
- Symptoms of anxiety (GAD-7)(From enrollment to the end of intervention at 2 weeks)
- Total smartphone screen time(2 weeks and 12 weeks after randomization)
- Smartphone screen time by app category(2 weeks and 12 weeks after randomization)
- Number of daily smartphone pickups(2 weeks and 12 weeks after randomization)