NCT06584253

Digital Addiction Among University Students

Relationship of Multidimensional Factors with Digital Addiction Among University Students: a Cross-Sectional Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 32 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Inonu University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to contribute to our understanding of digital media addiction by investigating the prevalence of digital addiction among university students and examining the relationship between variables such as body awareness, physical activity levels, hand grip strength, upper extremity function and pain-dash, quality of life, depression, stress, anxiety, sleep quality, and cognitive levels and digital addiction.

Detailed description

After recording the demographic information of all individuals participating in the study, screen addiction, BMI, body awareness, physical activity levels, handgrip strength, upper extremity pain and function and pain-dash, quality of life, depression, stress, anxiety, sleep quality, cognitive levels will be evaluated. Individuals will be asked to fill out self-report questionnaires.

Conditions

• Internet Addiction
• University Student

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Musculoskeletal System Health Questionnaire Scale	It is a 14-item scale that evaluates pain intensity, physical function, sleep, fatigue, emotional state, physical activity level, impact on work and social life, independence, self-management ability and general impact.
OTHER	International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short form)	International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short form) - The IPAQ assesses a range of physical activities, including leisure-time physical activities, indoor and outdoor activities, work-related physical activities, and transportation-related physical activities.
OTHER	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index	It is a questionnaire that evaluates sleep quality with questions asked under 7 main headings: subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disorders, use of sleep aids and daytime functions.
OTHER	Cognitive Failures Questionnaire	The questionnaire aims to measure daily cognitive errors. It assesses simple errors made over the last 6 weeks, as well as perception (e.g., are there times when you can't see something you need at the supermarket even though it's there?), memory (e.g., have you ever forgotten people's names?) and motor functioning (e.g., have you ever bumped into anyone?).
OTHER	Jamar hand dynamometer	Jamar hand dynamometer - students will perform grip strength assessments with their dominant hand while seated. As recommended by the American Association of Hand Therapists protocol, students will sit in a comfortable chair with their shoulders neutrally rotated and adducted, elbow flexed to 90°, and wrist and forearm in neutral positions.
OTHER	Depression Anxiety Stress Scale - 21 Short Form	DASÖ-21 consists of 3 subcategories (depression, anxiety and stress). Each category consists of 7 separate questions and a total of 21 questions.
OTHER	Body Awareness Questionnaire	The questionnaire aims to determine the level of body composition sensitivity.
OTHER	SF-12	This questionnaire consists of two general components related to physical and mental function, consisting of 12 questions and 8 scales measuring physical function (2 questions), bodily pain (1 question), role limitations due to physical problems (2 questions), general health (1 question) vitality (40).

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-21
• Primary completion: 2024-09-12
• Completion: 2024-09-12
• First posted: 2024-09-04
• Last updated: 2024-09-19

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)