MEDIA PROTECT: Effectiveness of a brief parental intervention to prevent problematic screen media use in children fort o seven years of age – a controlled cluster trial

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Prevention of F63.0 - addiction that are not related to substances in children and adolescents (computer game, Internet, television, mobile phone addiction); F63.0; Pathological gambling

• Registration Number: DRKS00010608
• Lead Sponsor: Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-06-24
• Study Completion: 2017-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1162

Inclusion Criteria

Included are all parents of children aged four to seven years of age, of the participating kindergartens and primary schools in the districts Lörrach and Hannover. There are all available parents in the institutions included in the survey. All children, parents and teachers in the institutions involved in the intervention group have the opportunity to participate in the intervention. Also children from inclusion classes are integrated into the study.

Exclusion Criteria

The MEDIA PROTECT intervention is conducted in German. The MEDIA PROTECT guide given to parents after the intervention is available in English, Turkish and Russian. Parents who do not understand the German language, can thus only receive a translated version of the MEDIA PROTECT guide.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
At three time Points (T0 - before the Intervention, T1 - 2 months after the Intervention, T2 - 9 months after the Intervention) we assess screen time (KIGGS (Hölling et al., 2007)), media bedroom equipment (KFN parents questionnaire (Mößle, 2012)) and media contentKFN parents questionnaire (Mößle, 2012). <br>We assess the screen time of children with questions out of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS), which is conducted by the Robert Koch Institute since 2003 (Hölling et al., 2007). For assessing childrens media equipment and content the parent questionnaire of the MEDIA PROTECT pilot study is used (Mößle, 2012).<br>Example question: On an average weekday, how long watched their child TV, video / DVD (also on PC) (never - almost every day)<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
At three time points (T0 - before the Intervention, T1 - 2 months after the Intervention, T2 - 9 months after the Intervention) we assess the attitude and knowledge of children’s media consumption(MEDIA PROTECT pre survey(Bleckmann et al., 2013)), parents media consumption (Always-On (Knop, Hefner & Schmitt, 2015)), media education (KFN parents questionnaire (Mößle, 2012)), leisure time activities (KiGGS (Hölling et al., 2007)) and health related quality of life(KINDL R (Ravens-Sieberer & Bullinger, 2000)). <br><br>The T1 and T2 questionnaires contain all elements of the questionnaire T0, up to the soziodemographic data. The T1 questionnaire for the intervention group includes further more questions about the satisfaction with the parents’ education program. For this purpose, the COHEP questionnaire (comprehensibility of Health Education Programs) is used. (Farin, Nagl & Ullrich, 2013). <br>