Light Therapy for Internet Gaming Disorder

Jinan University Guangzhou

Status: Completed

Conditions: Internet Gaming Disorder; Light Therapy

Treatments: Other: Emotion Bias Modification Training; Other: Light placebo therapy; Other: Light therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06165549

Internet Gaming Disorder

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project aims to investigate (1) the efficacy of light therapy on internet gaming disorder (IGD); (2) the underlying neural mechanisms of such efficacy

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 28 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. the 5th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5 ) recommended diagnosis of Internet gaming disorder;
2. the scores of the Young-Internet addiction Test ≥ 50;
3. playing internet games ≥15 h/week for ≥1 year

Exclusion criteria

1. current or history of psychiatric or neurological illness;
2. current or history of use of illegal substances and other addictions;
3. current use of psychotropic medications ;
4. any history of head trauma, presence of metal in the body or other contraindication to functional MRI scanning;
5. photosensitivity disorders, such as systemic lupus erythematosus and chronic actinic dermatitis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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104 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Light therapy

Experimental group

Description:

about 30 individuals with internet gaming disorder will be randomly assigned to the light therapy group

Treatment:

Other: Light therapy

Light placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

about 30 individuals with internet gaming disorder will be randomly assigned to the light placebo group

Treatment:

Other: Light placebo therapy

EABM training group

Other group

Description:

about 30 individuals with internet gaming disorder will be randomly assigned to the EABM training group

Treatment:

Other: Emotion Bias Modification Training