Effect of Conventional Exercise and Tai Chi Exercise on College Students

NCT05529368 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: XZhang
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 93
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is an impulse-control disorder of Internet behavior in the absence of addictive substances. Exercise has been found to have significant advantages in improving the severity and depressive symptoms of IAD. The purpose of this study was to observe the efficacy of conventional exercise and tai chi in the treatment of Internet addiction and to observe the changes in each group. Subjects diagnosed with IAD were randomly assigned to the exercise group, the tai chi group, or the control group. The exercise group and tai chi group received conventional exercise and tai chi for 8 weeks. The Internet Addiction Test (IAT), the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), the Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and Fatigue Scale-14 (FS-14) were evaluated for all subjects at baseline and postintervention.

Conditions

Internet Addiction; Exercise; Tai Chi; Randomized Clinical Trial

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Internet Addiction Test (IAT)

  The IAT is composed of 20 items with a 5-point scale (1 = "very rarely", 5 = "very frequently"). IAT scores range from 20 to 100, with higher scores indicating higher levels of IA. Scores over 50 indicated a tendency of IA.

  2 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI)

  2 months

• Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS)

  2 months

• Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)

  2 months

• Fatigue Scale-14 (FS-14)

  2 months

Study Arms (3)

conventional exercise group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the conventional exercise group attended an 8-week conventional exercise program, which consisted of the track, field, ball games et al. If the participant chooses to run, the mileage shall be more than 4km and the pace shall be within 10min. The conventional exercise treatment was performed 3 times a week, 1 hour each time.

Behavioral: Conventional Exercise and Tai Chi Exercise interventions

tai chi exercise group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the tai chi exercise group attended an 8-week Yang-style 24-form tai chi training program and tai chi (8 trigrams 5 steps) which was the tai chi style most commonly adopted and studied in the literature. The tai chi exercise treatment was performed 3 times a week, 1 hour each time.

Behavioral: Conventional Exercise and Tai Chi Exercise interventions

control group

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the control group received no intervention and keep their eating and living habits.

Interventions

Conventional Exercise and Tai Chi Exercise interventions BEHAVIORAL

Subjects diagnosed with IAD were randomly assigned to the exercise group, the tai chi group, or the control group. The exercise group and tai chi group received conventional exercise and tai chi for 8 weeks.

conventional exercise group; tai chi exercise group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 22 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• participants were diagnosed with IAD according to the Internet Addiction Test;
• the physical activity level of participants was low;
• participants had no history of medication or psychotherapy.

You may not qualify if:

• participants had a history of severe mental illness;
• participants had a history of drug addiction;
• participants regularly practiced moderate-intensity exercise.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Xueqing Zhang: lead

Study Sites (1)

Anhui Medical University

Hefei, Anhui, 230032, China

Location

Related Publications (11)

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  PMID: 5172928 BACKGROUND

• Zhang X, Yang H, Zhang K, Zhang J, Lu X, Guo H, Yuan G, Zhu Z, Du J, Shi H, Jin G, Hao J, Sun Y, Su P, Zhang Z. Effects of exercise or tai chi on Internet addiction in college students and the potential role of gut microbiota: A randomized controlled trial. J Affect Disord. 2023 Apr 14;327:404-415. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.002. Epub 2023 Feb 6.

  PMID: 36754096 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Internet Addiction Disorder; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Technology Addiction; Behavior, Addictive; Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Zhihua Zhang, professor

  Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 2, 2022
• First Posted: September 7, 2022
• Study Start: February 4, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 3, 2022
• Study Completion: June 10, 2022
• Last Updated: September 14, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)