The Effect of the Nursing Intervention Program on Adolescent Problematic Internet Users

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Internet Addiction Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Self-sufficiency

• Registration Number: NCT06302894
• Lead Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University

Brief Summary

In this study; The effect of the nursing intervention program (education enriched with web 2.0 tools based on the Health Belief Model) on problematic internet use, loneliness and family harmony in adolescents who use the internet with problems will be determined.

Detailed Description

In this study; The effect of the nursing intervention program (education enriched with web 2.0 tools based on the Health Belief Model) on problematic internet use, loneliness and family harmony in adolescents who use the internet with problems will be determined. This research is a cross-sectional randomized controlled experimental study with a cross-sectional type in the first stage and a pretest-posttest in the second stage.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Study Start: 2024-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-03-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-03-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-07
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-12
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-12
• Primary Completion: 2024-10-01
• Study Completion: 2024-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

1. Being a secondary school student,
2. Agreeing to participate in the research,
3. Being open to communication and cooperation,
4. Can use web 2.0 tools via smartphone or computer

Exclusion Criteria

• Having a score of less than 50 points and above 79 points on the Internet addiction scale.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental group	Self-sufficiency	In order to reduce problematic internet use and protect the experimental group from addiction, different online applications and trainings based on the Health Belief Model, enriched with web 2.0 technologies, will be provided and followed every week (6 weeks in total). At the end of 6 weeks, the internet addiction scale, family harmony scale and loneliness scale for children will be administered.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Internet Addiction Scale	5 weeks	In the first stage, pre-measurement will be applied to all students in the sample. In the first stage, students who score between 50-79 (risky internet use behavior / limited symptoms) on the Internet Addiction Scale of secondary school students will be determined.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences; 🇹🇷 Bolu, Turkey