NCT07457658

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Mobile Phone Addiction in Hospitalized Patients

The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Mobile Phone Addiction and Emotional Improvement in Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Problematic mobile phone use is excessive dependence and use of electronic products and their functions, which affects the daily life of users. Previous studies have shown that mobile phone addiction is related to depression, anxiety severity, and stress, and it is negatively correlated with sleep quality. For hospitalized patients in the mental health department, symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and poor sleep are very common. Cognitive behavioral therapy has been widely applied in online gaming addiction and is also effective in intervening in mobile phone addiction. Therefore, Hospitalized patients in the mental health department will be randomized to either the CBT interventions or an control group. The main outcome measure is the Simplified Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV), measured before intervention and after the completion of the last brief intervention.

Conditions

• Problematic Use of Mobile Phones

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cognitive-behavioral therapy	5 CBT intervention: the first intervention was conducted after the patient was hospitalized, completed relevant informed consent and pre-test, and lasted for about 30 minutes once; Follow up intervention 4 times: once a day for about 20 minutes. Traditional treatment in the ward includes drug therapy based on the different conditions of hospitalized patients, physical therapy such as work entertainment, Morita, biofeedback therapy, etc. Some patients may also receive transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy and psychological therapy.
OTHER	Traditional treatment in the ward	Traditional treatment in the ward includes drug therapy based on the different conditions of hospitalized patients, physical therapy such as work entertainment, Morita, biofeedback therapy, etc. Some patients may also receive transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy and psychological therapy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-03-01
• Primary completion: 2026-12-01
• Completion: 2027-06-01
• First posted: 2026-03-09
• Last updated: 2026-03-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China