Technology AddictionNCT05277545
The Effect of Education on Technology Addiction
A study testing Technology addiction education in people with Technology Addiction, run by KTO Karatay University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the education given in technology addiction course to nursing students studying at a foundation university on students' perspectives on addiction and addiction levels.A self-report online survey method was used to collect data. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 49 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Technology Addiction
- What is being tested?
- Technology addiction education
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 82 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 28 Jan 2022to 28 Jan 2023
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 49 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Being a university student
- Studying in Nursing
- Volunteering to take the technology addiction course
Who cannot join
- Having a communication problem
- Receiving treatment for addiction
- Students undergoing psychiatric treatment
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: The Effect of Technology Addiction Education Given to Nursing Students on Students' Perspectives and Addiction Levels
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the education given in technology addiction course to nursing students studying at a foundation university on students' perspectives on addiction and addiction levels.A self-report online survey method was used to collect data. After the data collection tools used were made suitable for filling in the online environment, the questionnaires were delivered to the participants using e-mail and social media networks. The pretest was collected just before the start of the personal development phase training on technology addiction. Then, technology addiction personal development training planned by the researcher was applied to the students in the experimental group for 10 weeks. After the end of the lessons, the same questionnaires were used as a posttest application. The same data collection tools were applied to the control group without any intervention.
Read the detailed description
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the education given in the technology addiction course to nursing students studying at a foundation university on the students' perspectives on addiction and addiction levels.Dependence; taking increasing amounts of a substance for purposes other than its intended purpose; It is the picture where the person cannot stop using even though it causes problems in his life and withdrawal symptoms appear when he reduces his substance intake. In addiction, the person continues to use the substance despite the problems related to family, social and work/school life (Koç, et al., 2018). Although not yet included in the DSM-5 diagnostic list, some conditions that are suggested to be candidates for inclusion in this list and that require further investigation have been identified. These conditions can be listed as "internet addiction", "social media addiction" and "smartphone addiction" (American Psychiatric Association, 2013.). Internet addiction constitutes the main framework of other internet-related addictions. In this context, it is emphasized that activities carried out on the Internet as well as the Internet are a source of addiction (Griffiths \&, Szabo, 2014). Therefore, concepts such as "social media addiction", "digital game addiction" and "smartphone addiction" can be considered as addictions in which the active substance is the internet (Kwon, et al., 2013). Although a precise definition of the term "internet addiction", which was included in the DSM-5 for the first time, could not be made; It is defined as not being able to limit internet use, being stressed when internet access is blocked or restricted, spending time on the internet in increasing amounts, continuing to use the internet despite having problems in work/school life and family life. It is predicted that technological dependencies will take place more in the future versions of DSM (Savcı \& Aysan, 2017).For this reason, it is inevitable to see the importance of intervening by determining students' perspectives on internet and technology addictions and their addiction levels, if any. At this point, the aim of the research is to see the effect of the education on technology addiction on students' perspectives and addiction levels.
hypotheses H1: Technology addiction education given to nursing students changes their perspectives on addiction.
H2: Technology addiction education given to nursing students positively affects their addiction assessments.
H3: Technology addiction education given to nursing students reduces the level of technology addiction.
Method:
Type of Study: This is a randomized controlled interventional study. Population and Sample of the Research The universe of this research will be all students studying in the nursing department at a foundation university in Konya. In the comparison of the experimental and control groups using the sample size power analysis of the research, the minimum number of subjects required in each group will be determined in order for the difference between them to be statistically significant in terms of scale scores. The experimental group of the research will consist of students who choose the elective technology addiction course, which has a chance of random selection. The control group will consist of students who have not chosen this course and have not taken a technology addiction course before.
Dependent and Independent Variables of the Research Dependent variables; students' perspectives on their own technology addiction and their level of technology addiction.
Independent variables; personal characteristics of students and technology addiction training to be given.Data Collection Method: An online survey method based on self-report will be used while collecting data. After these data collection tools to be used are made suitable for filling in the online environment, the questionnaires will be delivered to the participants using e-mail and social media networks. The pretest will be collected just before the start of the personal development training on technology addiction. After Dada, technology addiction personal development training planned by the researcher will be applied to the students in the experimental group for 10 weeks. After the end of the classes, the same questionnaires will be used as a posttest application.
Statistical Analysis of Data P<0.05 will be considered statistically significant by using the IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0 package program for the data obtained by statistical analysis from the questionnaires applied in the pretest and posttest phase of the research. In the association of demographic characteristics, the conformity of numerical values to the normal distribution will be checked. It is planned to use percentile, t-test in dependent groups, chi-square tests in nonparametric cases, Fisher Exact and Pearson chi-square tests in the analysis of the research.
- Conditions
- Technology Addiction
- Being tested
- Technology addiction education
- Medical subject headings
- Technology Addiction
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Technology addiction educationBehavioural
Technology addiction personal development training was applied by the researcher to the students in the experimental group for 10 weeks.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| The effect of teknology addiction training on the experimental group | Experimental | The arm explanations for which the analyzes of the research have not been completed yet cannot be made. Receives: Behavioral: Technology addiction education |
| Comparison of the experimental group and control group on technology addiction | Active comparator | The arm explanations for which the analyzes of the research have not been completed yet cannot be made. Receives: Behavioral: Technology addiction education |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Technology Addiction Scale
The scale to be used to evaluate this measure is the technology dependency scale. When interpreting the arithmetic averages of the whole scale, the 0-24 score range is "Not dependent", the 25-48 score range is "Low dependent", the 49-72 score range is "Moderately dependent", the 73-96 score range is "Highly Dependent", 97- The 120 point range is accepted as "Full Dependent". Cronbach Alpha values for the sub-dimensions of the scale were 0.786 for Social Network Addiction, 0.806 for Instant Messaging Addiction, 0.897 for Online Game Addiction, and 0.861 for Web Sites.Percentage, frequency and mean values will be used. To compare the results, the means obtained from the first and second measurements of the experimental and control groups will be compared with the t-test in the dependent groups.
Measured: At the and of 5 month
Secondary outcomes (1)
Personal Information Form
Personal information form prepared by using the literature; It consists of closed-ended questions with demographic characteristics. In the form created to evaluate the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, there are questions about age, gender and students' perspectives on technology addiction.
Measured: At the and of 5 month
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted14 Mar 2022
- Study start28 Jan 2022
- Primary completion30 Jan 2022
- Study completion28 Jan 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Technology AddictionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 82 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- KTO Karatay University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Berna Dr Bayır, 1, Principal investigator, KTO Karatay University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05277545
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- KaratayUBK
- Status last verified
- Jan 2022
- First submitted
- 28 Jan 2022
- Last updated
- 9 Mar 2023
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: Research results will be shared with other researchers.
Publications
Bayir B, Topbas T. The effect of technology addiction training given to nursing students on the perspectives and addiction levels of students. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2023 Aug;45:152-157. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2023.06.012. Epub 2023 Jun 21.
PubMed 37544691
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Mar 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Technology Addiction Education Given to Nursing Students on Students' Perspectives and Addiction Levels
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05277545
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- KaratayUBK
- Conditions
- Technology Addiction
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 82 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- KTO Karatay UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 28 Jan 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Jan 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 28 Jan 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 14 Mar 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the education given in technology addiction course to nursing students studying at a foundation university on students' perspectives on addiction and addiction levels.A self-report online survey method was used to collect data. After the data collection tools used were made suitable for filling in the online environment, the questionnaires were delivered to the participants using e-mail and social media networks. The pretest was collected just before the start of the personal development phase training on technology addiction. Then, technology addiction personal development training planned by the researcher was applied to the students in the experimental group for 10 weeks. After the end of the lessons, the same questionnaires were used as a posttest application. The same data collection tools were applied to the control group without any intervention.
Detailed description
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the education given in the technology addiction course to nursing students studying at a foundation university on the students' perspectives on addiction and addiction levels.Dependence; taking increasing amounts of a substance for purposes other than its intended purpose; It is the picture where the person cannot stop using even though it causes problems in his life and withdrawal symptoms appear when he reduces his substance intake. In addiction, the person continues to use the substance despite the problems related to family, social and work/school life (Koç, et al., 2018). Although not yet included in the DSM-5 diagnostic list, some conditions that are suggested to be candidates for inclusion in this list and that require further investigation have been identified. These conditions can be listed as "internet addiction", "social media addiction" and "smartphone addiction" (American Psychiatric Association, 2013.). Internet addiction constitutes the main framework of other internet-related addictions. In this context, it is emphasized that activities carried out on the Internet as well as the Internet are a source of addiction (Griffiths \&, Szabo, 2014). Therefore, concepts such as "social media addiction", "digital game addiction" and "smartphone addiction" can be considered as addictions in which the active substance is the internet (Kwon, et al., 2013). Although a precise definition of the term "internet addiction", which was included in the DSM-5 for the first time, could not be made; It is defined as not being able to limit internet use, being stressed when internet access is blocked or restricted, spending time on the internet in increasing amounts, continuing to use the internet despite having problems in work/school life and family life. It is predicted that technological dependencies will take place more in the future versions of DSM (Savcı \& Aysan, 2017).For this reason, it is inevitable to see the importance of intervening by determining students' perspectives on internet and technology addictions and their addiction levels, if any. At this point, the aim of the research is to see the effect of the education on technology addiction on students' perspectives and addiction levels.
hypotheses H1: Technology addiction education given to nursing students changes their perspectives on addiction.
H2: Technology addiction education given to nursing students positively affects their addiction assessments.
H3: Technology addiction education given to nursing students reduces the level of technology addiction.
Method:
Type of Study: This is a randomized controlled interventional study. Population and Sample of the Research The universe of this research will be all students studying in the nursing department at a foundation university in Konya. In the comparison of the experimental and control groups using the sample size power analysis of the research, the minimum number of subjects required in each group will be determined in order for the difference between them to be statistically significant in terms of scale scores. The experimental group of the research will consist of students who choose the elective technology addiction course, which has a chance of random selection. The control group will consist of students who have not chosen this course and have not taken a technology addiction course before.
Dependent and Independent Variables of the Research Dependent variables; students' perspectives on their own technology addiction and their level of technology addiction.
Independent variables; personal characteristics of students and technology addiction training to be given.Data Collection Method: An online survey method based on self-report will be used while collecting data. After these data collection tools to be used are made suitable for filling in the online environment, the questionnaires will be delivered to the participants using e-mail and social media networks. The pretest will be collected just before the start of the personal development training on technology addiction. After Dada, technology addiction personal development training planned by the researcher will be applied to the students in the experimental group for 10 weeks. After the end of the classes, the same questionnaires will be used as a posttest application.
Statistical Analysis of Data P<0.05 will be considered statistically significant by using the IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0 package program for the data obtained by statistical analysis from the questionnaires applied in the pretest and posttest phase of the research. In the association of demographic characteristics, the conformity of numerical values to the normal distribution will be checked. It is planned to use percentile, t-test in dependent groups, chi-square tests in nonparametric cases, Fisher Exact and Pearson chi-square tests in the analysis of the research.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| The effect of teknology addiction training on the experimental group | Experimental | Behavioral: Technology addiction educationThe arm explanations for which the analyzes of the research have not been completed yet cannot be made. |
| Comparison of the experimental group and control group on technology addiction | Active comparator | Behavioral: Technology addiction educationThe arm explanations for which the analyzes of the research have not been completed yet cannot be made. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 49 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Being a university student
- Studying in Nursing
- Volunteering to take the technology addiction course
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Having a communication problem
- Receiving treatment for addiction
- Students undergoing psychiatric treatment
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Technology addiction educationTechnology addiction personal development training was applied by the researcher to the students in the experimental group for 10 weeks. | Behavioural | Comparison of the experimental group and control group on technology addiction, The effect of teknology addiction training on the experimental group |
Primary outcome
Technology Addiction Scale
Time frame: At the and of 5 month
The scale to be used to evaluate this measure is the technology dependency scale. When interpreting the arithmetic averages of the whole scale, the 0-24 score range is "Not dependent", the 25-48 score range is "Low dependent", the 49-72 score range is "Moderately dependent", the 73-96 score range is "Highly Dependent", 97- The 120 point range is accepted as "Full Dependent". Cronbach Alpha values for the sub-dimensions of the scale were 0.786 for Social Network Addiction, 0.806 for Instant Messaging Addiction, 0.897 for Online Game Addiction, and 0.861 for Web Sites.Percentage, frequency and mean values will be used. To compare the results, the means obtained from the first and second measurements of the experimental and control groups will be compared with the t-test in the dependent groups.
1 secondary outcome
Personal Information Form
Time frame: At the and of 5 month
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Mar 2023.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 37544691Bayir B, Topbas T. The effect of technology addiction training given to nursing students on the perspectives and addiction levels of students. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2023 Aug;45:152-157. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2023.06.012. Epub 2023 Jun 21.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Research results will be shared with other researchers.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Berna Dr Bayır, 1 principal investigator
KTO Karatay University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Technology addiction education in people with Technology Addiction, run by KTO Karatay University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Mar 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Technology Addiction Scale (time frame: At the and of 5 month). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05277545, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Mar 2023.