NCT06730152

WeChat Intervention for Smartphone Addiction in College Students: A Randomized Trial

Efficacy of a WeChat Public Account-based Intervention for Smartphone Addiction Among Chinese Undergraduate Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 210 (actual)
• Sponsor: Anhui Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effectiveness of an intervention based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model to treat smartphone addiction in college students. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the IMB model-based intervention via WeChat public accounts significantly reduce smartphone addiction scores compared to a control group? Does the intervention lead to an increase in motivation and behavioral skills scores among participants? Researchers will compare the intervention group, which receives IMB-enhanced content through WeChat public accounts, to the control group, which maintains regular activities, to see if there are significant improvements in addiction scores, motivation, and behavioral skills in the intervention group. Participants will: Be stratified by gender and randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. The intervention group will receive information, motivation, and behavioral skills enhancement via WeChat public accounts over a period of 6 weeks. Both groups will be assessed for smartphone addiction scores, information-motivation-behavioral skills scores, average daily smartphone use time, sleep duration, sleep quality, and somatic and psychological symptoms before and after the intervention.

Conditions

• Smartphone Addiction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	WeChat Intervention Based on the IMB Model	The intervention group would undergo a six-week intervention program. Researchers promoted a public WeChat account to the intervention group, and participants received the intervention by following the account. They automatically received pushed articles or videos, providing them with relevant knowledge about overcoming smartphone addiction. Furthermore, they would be motivated to quit their addiction through real-life cases of smartphone addiction etc., in addition to some practical skills of overcoming.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-01
• Primary completion: 2024-06-01
• Completion: 2024-06-30
• First posted: 2024-12-12
• Last updated: 2024-12-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China