Clinical trials: Media Use
HIV Prevention, HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis
Social Media as a Risk Tool for HIV Prevention Needs
The impact of effective HIV prevention tools is limited because many people do not know that they are at risk for HIV acquisition, despite the availability of various risk assessment scores and criteria.
- Trial name
- SMaaRT (NCT06566417)
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Opioid Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorders
The Effects of Mass Media Photographs on Drug-Related Stigma
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of exposure to drug-related photos used by the media on emotions, stigma towards people who use drugs, and public health services for this population.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorders, Stigma, Social
- Trial name
- NCT06743178
- Testing
- Photo of a person injecting drugs, Photo of EMS responding to an overdose (White), Photo of EMS responding to an overdose (Black)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,570 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Evaluating the Effect of Social Media Usage in Providing Healthcare Services During the Period of 19 Covid Pandemics
Professional and Ethical Challenges of Social Media Usage in Providing Healthcare Services During the Period of 19 Covid Pandemics;
integrating social media into medicine has obvious potential to improve patient care and trust in the profession, in part by meeting patients "where they are," i.e., online, at the same time carries a greater risk in terms of…
- Trial name
- NCT04351568
- Testing
- quesionnair
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 874 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Feasibility Studies
Reduction of Screen-Based Media Use in Families With Children
The purpose of this pilot experiment is threefold. 1. To assess the efficacy of the recruitment strategy 2. To assess the acceptability and feasibility of the outcome measurement methods obtained in free-living in the…
- Trial name
- NCT03788525
- Testing
- Reduced recreational screen time, Timed recreational screen time
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Obesity
Media Use in Preschooler Study (MUPS)
Childhood obesity is an epidemic and increasing. There are very few effective treatments for obesity in children. Recent studies have shown an association between obesity and sedentary behaviors such as television, video viewing…
- Trial name
- NCT00959309
- Testing
- Strategies to decrease screen time in children, Non-Strategical Media Education
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Food Photography, Non-Food Photography
The Effect of Social Media on Eating Behaviours
This project aims to explore how social media use, in particular food photography, influences eating behaviours. It will be approached through three methods - a correlational experience sampling method, an experimental experience…
- Conditions
- Food Photography, Non-Food Photography, No Phone Use
- Trial name
- NCT03346798
- Testing
- Food Photography, Non-Food Photography, No Phone Use
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale-NUS College
Adolescent Behavior, Tobacco Use
Media Literacy for High School Tobacco Prevention
This research project will explore the feasibility and acceptability of a web-based media literacy tobacco prevention program. The project will be conducted with 9th or 10th graders in two high schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Tobacco Use, E-Cig Use
- Trial name
- NCT05120466
- Testing
- AD IT UP media literacy intervention, Usual health education curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Social Media, Adolescent Behavior
Testing and Evaluating an Interactive Media Use Journal for Adolescents
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of an Interactive Media Use Journal (IMUJ) co-developed with youth.
- Trial name
- NCT07620964
- Testing
- Interactive Media Use Journal (IMUJ)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Eating Behavior
The Effect of Social Media Use on Eating Behaviours
This project aims to explore how social media use, in particular food photography, influences eating behaviours. It will be approached through three methods - a correlational experience sampling method, an experimental experience…
- Trial name
- NCT03299075
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale-NUS College
Parental Technoference, Child Behavioral Problems
Parental Technoference and Behavioral-Emotional Development in Early Childhood: A 6-Month Prospective Study
This study aims to examine the relationship between parental technoference (parents' use of smartphones or other digital devices while spending time with their children) and behavioral and emotional development in early…
- Conditions
- Parental Technoference, Child Behavioral Problems, Emotional Development in Early Childhood
- Trial name
- TECH-SDQ (NCT07387133)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Adolescent Alcohol Use
Hybrid Type 1 Trial of a Parent-Based Intervention Addressing Social Media and Adolescent Alcohol Use
The central goal of this application is to conduct a Hybrid Type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial to test the comparative effectiveness of an alcohol and social media parent-based intervention (PBI)…
- Trial name
- NCT07664644
- Testing
- Combined Alcohol and Social Media PBI and PFI, Alcohol and Social Media PBI, Power of Parents
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Arlington
Tobacco Cessation, Media Use
Adolescent Smoking Cessation in Pediatric Primary Care
This is a study of the effectiveness of adolescent smoking cessation interventions in pediatric primary care settings. Our specific aims are to: 1.
- Trial name
- Smokebusters (NCT01312480)
- Testing
- 5A's Model, Media Use Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,967 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- American Academy of Pediatrics
Cigarette Smoking
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Effect of a Smartphone Quit Smoking Intervention on Young Adult Smokers
The primary aim of this study will be to determine the effectiveness of a smartphone delivered app for young adult smokers on quitting smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT01983150
- Testing
- Crush the Crave Application, On the Road to Quitting - Self Help
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,601 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Waterloo
Insomnia
Overcoming Insomnia: Impact on Sleep, Health and Work of Online CBT-I
Insomnia is a major public health concern. While cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is acknowledged as the best available intervention, there are unanswered questions about its wider dissemination, socio-economic…
- Trial name
- NORSE-3 (NCT02558647)
- Testing
- CBT for insomnia (CBT-I), Psycho-Education about Sleep (PE)
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Problematic Internet Use
The Mindful Media Project
Problematic Internet Use (PIU) is an emerging mental health issue. Research consistently shows that university students are disproportionately vulnerable to experiencing PIU, and that this can be linked with both poorer academic…
- Trial name
- NCT05138952
- Testing
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monash University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Facebook for Social Skills Training in Autism: Project Rex Connect
Twelve participants were randomized to either a Facebook group or a book club group for six weeks. Data was collected on the participants social and behavioral function at both the start and the conclusion of the intervention.
- Trial name
- FBREX (NCT02897687)
- Testing
- Facebook Group, Book Club Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Intellectual Disability
Safer Online Lives: Use of the Internet & Social Media by People With Intellectual Disabilities
The objective of this study is to explore the benefits of internet use for people with intellectual disabilities (ID), the risks they might come up against while online, the barriers people with ID might come across due to the…
- Trial name
- SOL (NCT04919213)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 429 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kent
Tobacco Use Cessation
Mobile Media-Rich Interactive Guideline System (MMRIGS) Pilot Study
The goal of this research study is to learn about 2 different interactive methods that are designed to help people with HIV/AIDS stop smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT02302859
- Testing
- Nicotine Patch, Questionnaires, Pamphlet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center