Short, Animated Storytelling (SAS) Videos to Reduce Smartphone Addiction in the US

Stanford University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Smartphone Addiction

Treatments: Behavioral: Short animated videos; Behavioral: Informational Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06979856

80171

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will test the effect of exposure to short, animated storytelling videos on participants' perceived risk of smartphone overuse immediately after exposure, two weeks later and four weeks later.

Enrollment: 6,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English Speaking
• Own a Smartphone
• Live in the US

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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6,000 participants in 3 patient groups

Animated videos

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will watch two short, animated storytelling videos about digital addiction.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Short animated videos

Informational Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will read a fact sheet containing written information and statistics about smartphone usage.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Informational Control

Do-nothing control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will only complete the surveys. Participants do not receive any intervention or information about digital addiction.