Developing Brief Intervention for Excessive Internet Use

Completed

• Conditions: with problematic internet use

• Registration Number: CTRI/2017/06/008879
• Lead Sponsor: UGC Junior Research Fellowship

Brief Summary

**Internet has become inevitable and integral part of modern life of many as it facilitates business, entertainment, communication , education in the contemporary world. Internet is a productive tool and beneficiary to majority of the users, still its excessive use leads to significant negative consequences on human behaviour like poor academic performance, decrease in psychological wellbeing, decrease interaction with peers and family members. So, far at least in India, no structured intervention studies carried out aiming to promote healthy usage of internet and to target specially problematic or harmful internet users. In this study, we are attempting to study the developing and implementing the feasibility of brief psychosocial intervention for Youth with problematic internet use.**

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-08-20
• Study Completion: 2017-07-14
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Those who are scoring 50 to 80 score on Internet Addiction Test.

Exclusion Criteria

Severe Psychiatry and neurological conditions.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
healthy use of internet	one month follow up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
loneliness	anxiety

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NIMHANS; 🇮🇳 Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India

NIMHANS

🇮🇳Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India

Prasad Kannekanti

Principal investigator

08026685948

reddysriprasad@gmail.com