WeChat Intervention for Smartphone Addiction in College Students: a Randomized Trial

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Completed

• Conditions: Smartphone Addiction

• Registration Number: NCT06730152

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effectiveness of an intervention based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model to treat smartphone addiction in college students. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the IMB model-based intervention via WeChat public accounts significantly reduce smartphone addiction scores compared to a control group? Does the intervention lead to an increase in motivation and behavioral skills scores among participants? Researchers will compare the intervention group, which receives IMB-enhanced content through WeChat public accounts, to the control group, which maintains regular activities, to see if there are significant improvements in addiction scores, motivation, and behavioral skills in the intervention group.

Participants will:

Be stratified by gender and randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group.

The intervention group will receive information, motivation, and behavioral skills enhancement via WeChat public accounts over a period of 6 weeks.

Both groups will be assessed for smartphone addiction scores, information-motivation-behavioral skills scores, average daily smartphone use time, sleep duration, sleep quality, and somatic and psychological symptoms before and after the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-06-01
• Study Completion: 2024-06-30
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Study First Submitted: 2024-12-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-12-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-11
• Study First Posted: 2024-12-12
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

Meeting the criteria of the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV), with a score of ≥31 for males and ≥33 for females indicating smartphone addiction.

College students over 18 years old. Active use of WeChat software. Voluntary participation in this study and signing of the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

Currently not enrolled in school due to reasons such as suspension. Currently participating in other research projects. Self-reported diagnosis of any neurological or psychiatric disorder.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
smartphone addiction scale scores	From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks]	Smartphone Addiction Scale: The Chinese version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale - Short Version (SAS-SV), containing 10 items. Minimum score of 6, Maximum score of 60, higher scores indicate more severe smartphone addiction .

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
average daily smartphone use time	From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks	assessed as, "Average daily cell phone use in the last month."
sleep duration	From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks]	assessed as, "Actual sleep time per night for the last 1 month."
sleep quality	From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks]	assessed as, "How would you rate your sleep quality in the past month