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

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Internet Addiction Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Self-sufficiency

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06302894

BAIBU-SBF-EC-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

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 group

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-sufficiency