NCT05843591

Exercise Interventions on Problematic Mobile Phone Use: a Multi-arm Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of Aerobic Exercise or Tai Chi Chuan Interventions on Problematic Mobile Phone Use and the Potential Role of Intestinal Flora: a Multi-arm Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Anhui Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 22 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) has been described as a growing public health issue. This randomized controlled trial aimed to determine if aerobic exercise or Tai Chi Chuan as compared to the wait-list control group decreased PMPU-related symptoms; and to analyze the composition of the intestinal flora in the three study groups to explore the correlation between PMPU scores and flora species. A consecutive sample of 90 college students with PMPU was randomized to the aerobic exercise group (AE group, n = 30), the Tai Chi Chuan group (TCC group, n = 30), or the wait-list control group (WLC group, n = 30). The primary outcome was addiction symptoms, i.e., the PMPU score as assessed by the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV). Secondary outcomes were the emotion-related symptoms (depression, anxiety, self-esteem and self-efficacy), and physical-related symptoms (sleep quality, physical-fatigue and mental-fatigue). Intervention effects were analyzed via generalized estimated equation analysis (GEE).

Conditions

• Exercise Intervention
• Tai Chi Chuan
• Intestinal Flora
• Randomized Clinical Trial

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	aerobic exercise or Tai Chi Chuan interventions	8-week aerobic exercise (AE group), 8-week Tai Chi Chuan training (TCC group)

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-02-04
• Primary completion: 2022-06-03
• Completion: 2022-06-10
• First posted: 2023-05-06
• Last updated: 2023-05-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China