NCT05636137

Analysis of Internet Addiction, Musculoskeletal Pain and Body Awareness in High School Students

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 213 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study will investigate internet addiction, musculoskeletal pain and body awareness in high school students.

Detailed description

Internet addiction is generally defined as not being able to prevent excessive use of the internet, the time spent on other occupations is not as valuable as the internet, excessive irritability and aggressive behavior when deprived.This situation brings with it musculoskeletal pain. Pain in the musculoskeletal system can cause a decrease in body awareness.Long periods of time spent in front of the computer, the use of non-ergonomic tables and chairs affect body awareness by causing deterioration of posture. There are several studies in literature investigating internet addiction and pain, however internet addiction, body awareness and musculoskeletal system problems of high school students have not been investigated yet. In present study, internet addiction, body awareness and musculoskeletal problems will be investigated in high school students.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Survey application	Researchers will go to the designated high schools and meet face-to-face with the responsible/guidance teachers at the school. The research will be explained to the students by going to the classrooms with the teachers, and they will be asked to fill in the consent forms of the parents and themselves. Students will be given 5 days to explain the work to their families and bring their signed consent forms. Students who bring consent forms, meet the criteria for participation in the study, and volunteer will be included in the study. Evaluation forms and questionnaires will be explained to the students included in the study by a designated researcher and they will be asked to fill them in under the supervision of the researcher. The completed evaluation form and questionnaires will be collected by a researcher in a sealed envelope.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-24
• Primary completion: 2026-04-01
• Completion: 2027-05-01
• First posted: 2022-12-05
• Last updated: 2025-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)