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Enrolling by invitationNCT06302894Updated Mar 12, 2024

The Effect of the Nursing Intervention Program on Adolescent Problematic Internet Users

An interventional study of Self-sufficiency in Internet Addiction Disorder, sponsored by Abant Izzet Baysal University. Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 12 Years to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-12.

Sponsored by Abant Izzet Baysal University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Oct 2024, 2 years ago, but the record still lists the study as enrolling by invitation.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,000
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
12 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

In this study; The effect of the nursing intervention program (education enriched with web 2.0 tools based on the Health Belief Model) on problematic internet use, loneliness and family harmony in adolescents who use the internet with problems will be determined.

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In this study; The effect of the nursing intervention program (education enriched with web 2.0 tools based on the Health Belief Model) on problematic internet use, loneliness and family harmony in adolescents who use the internet with problems will be determined. This research is a cross-sectional randomized controlled experimental study with a cross-sectional type in the first stage and a pretest-posttest in the second stage.

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Conditions studied

  • Internet Addiction Disorder

Keywords

  • Family Cohesion Scale
  • Internet Addiction Scale
  • Loneliness Scale for Children
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In context

Behavior, Addictive

540 studies on the registry are indexed under Behavior, Addictive; 134 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 1,000 is above the median of 72 across 391 interventional studies indexed under Behavior, Addictive.

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Lead sponsor

Abant Izzet Baysal University is the lead sponsor of 242 studies on the registry; 64 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
12 Years to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  1. Being a secondary school student,
  2. Agreeing to participate in the research,
  3. Being open to communication and cooperation,
  4. Can use web 2.0 tools via smartphone or computer

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having a score of less than 50 points and above 79 points on the Internet addiction scale.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
1,000 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Control group

    Internet addiction scale, family harmony scale and loneliness scale for children will be applied to the control group after 6 weeks without any intervention.

  • Experimental
    Experimental group

    In order to reduce problematic internet use and protect the experimental group from addiction, different online applications and trainings based on the Health Belief Model, enriched with web 2.0 technologies, will be provided and followed every week (6 weeks in total). At the end of 6 weeks, the internet addiction scale, family harmony scale and loneliness scale for children will be administered.

    Behavioral: Self-sufficiency

Interventions

  • BehavioralSelf-sufficiency

    Rewarding positive behavior and developing alternative behaviors towards obstacles such as feeling restless, depressed or angry if internet use is reduced or controlled.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Internet Addiction Scale

    In the first stage, pre-measurement will be applied to all students in the sample. In the first stage, students who score between 50-79 (risky internet use behavior / limited symptoms) on the Internet Addiction Scale of secondary school students will be determined.

    Time frame: 5 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences
    Bolu, 14300, Turkey
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 12, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06302894
Lead sponsor
Abant Izzet Baysal University
Responsible party
Eda Çeker (lecturer, Abant Izzet Baysal University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 12, 2024
Start date
Mar 1, 2024
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 12, 2024

Study contacts

Eda Ceker, Lecturer
principal investigator · Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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