ESM Pilot: Mobile Phones and Psychology

NCT03221985 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: NL55632.068.15
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The research team will investigate whether there is a relation between smartphone usage and psychological parameters using the smartphone application.

Conditions

Communication; Addiction; Affect

Keywords

experience sampling method

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Questionnaire using the experience sampling method, administered by the mobile phone application.

  The mobile phone application questionnaire will be offered 10 times a day at random moments on the smartphone of the participants, during a 3 months period. The mobile phone application questionnaire contains a series of multiple choice questions about the present affect (three positive, five negative), the present context and activities (physical activity, occupation, presence of other people), physical discomfort (fatigue, concentration level, pain) and mobile phone usage (frequency, frustration when unable to use phone) since the last beep. Positive affect: cheerful, mentally fit and relaxed. Negative affect: irritated, bored, lonely, stressed and worrying. The answers will be registered using a 7-point scale, ranging from 'not' to 'very'.

  after 3 months

Study Arms (1)

Questionnaires

OTHER

Other: questionnaires

Interventions

questionnaires OTHER

questionnaire with application on smartphone

Questionnaires

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• healthy
• good understanding of dutch language
• smartphone user

You may not qualify if:

• psychiatric diagnosis
• pregnancy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Maastricht University Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Mondriaan, locatie Vijverdal, Maastricht University

Maastricht, Limburg, 6226 NB, Netherlands

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Roggeveen S, van Os J, Bemelmans K, van Poll M, Lousberg R. Investigating Associations Between Changes in Mobile Phone Use and Emotions Using the Experience Sampling Method: Pilot Study. JMIR Form Res. 2018 Jun 18;2(1):e12. doi: 10.2196/formative.8499.

  PMID: 30684428 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Communication; Behavior, Addictive

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Jim van Os, prof. dr.

  Maastricht University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 14, 2017
• First Posted: July 19, 2017
• Study Start: September 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2017
• Study Completion: May 15, 2017
• Last Updated: July 21, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

NL (1)