Problematic Use of the Internet in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Substance Use Disorders
- Sponsor
- Susanne Walitza
- Enrollment
- 300
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Symptoms severity of problematic internet and media use
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 11 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Pathological internet use is a blanket term for problematic behavior types (e.g. uncontrolled gaming, cyber pornography, cyber mobbing and excessive use of social media): all perpetrated through the internet. There is little documentation or research on interdependencies/interplay between problematic internet and/or media use and child-adolescent disturbances. Very few clinical examples of syndromes like attention deficiency/hyperactivity (ADHS), anxiety disorder or affective disturbances associated with pathological media/internet use, or gaming, are found in literature.
Investigators
Susanne Walitza
Head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •male and female patients ages from 8 - 18 years
- •All study participants or their legal representative have given written permission for their experiences to be documented in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Inability to understand explanations and the questionnaire, whether linguistic or cognitative
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Symptoms severity of problematic internet and media use
Time Frame: 3 months
The clinician screening questionnaire (PUI) contains 9 items designed to assess severity of problematic internet and media use of obsessive and compulsive in children and adolescents.The test uses a 4-point scale to rate severity of problematic internet and media use. Higher score means a worse outcome.