Efficacy of a WeChat Public Account-based Intervention for Smartphone Addiction Among Chinese Undergraduate Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 210
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- smartphone addiction scale scores
研究概览
简要总结
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 24 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •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.
排除标准
- •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.
研究组 & 干预措施
WeChat Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model Intervention Group
The intervention group would undergo a six-week intervention program. Researchers promoted a public WeChat account to the intervention group, and participants received the intervention by following the account. They automatically received pushed articles or videos, providing them with relevant knowledge about overcoming smartphone addiction. Furthermore, they would be motivated to quit their addiction through real-life cases of smartphone addiction etc., in addition to some practical skills of overcoming.
干预措施: WeChat Intervention Based on the IMB Model (Behavioral)
Control group
without any intervention, maintain normal life and study state
结局指标
主要结局
smartphone addiction scale scores
时间窗: 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 .
次要结局
- average daily smartphone use time(From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks)
- sleep duration(From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks])
- sleep quality(From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks])
研究者
Guifang Jin
Master's Degree Student
Anhui Medical University