Educational Intervention to Prevent Smartphone Addiction Among Adolescent

NCT07185217 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: smart phone addiction
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study aimed to evaluate the effect of nurse led educational intervention on preventing smart phone addiction among adolescent, participants were adolescents studying in prep school either in the first and second grades and their age ranged from 13- 16.

Conditions

Smart Phone Addiction; Prevention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• smartphone addiction level

  education intervention for prevention of smartphone addiction by using health belief model construct. by using smartphone addiction inventory , total score 104 mark, where high score indicate more smartphone addiction

  eight month

Study Arms (2)

education intervention group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

the study group were divided into small groups 15-20 students. six session were needed for each group ,First session: it provide an overview of the educational intervention to enhance knowledge about smart phone addiction, Second session: it based on perceived susceptibility of the HBM , Third session: This session implemented based on the construct of perceived severity of HBM , Forth session: This session implemented based on the perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and perceived self-efficacy of the HBM. Fifth session: This session implemented based on cues to action, Session six: Three months after the fifth session, the post-intervention visit took place.

Other: class mate teaching subjects only

control group

SHAM COMPARATOR

receive education classmate

Other: class mate teaching subjects only

Interventions

class mate teaching subjects only OTHER

the participants receive educational classmate subjects.

control group; education intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 16 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• their ages ranged between (13-16 years), and get acceptance from their parents to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• students who unwilling to participates
• more than 16 years
• their parents refuse to participates

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Norther Private Collage of Nursing: lead

Study Sites (1)

Minia University Egypt

Minya, Minya Governorate, 4444, Egypt

Location

Related Links

• The effectiveness of school-based interventions to reduce problematic digital technology use and screen time: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 9, 2025
• First Posted: September 22, 2025
• Study Start: August 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2025
• Study Completion: September 1, 2025
• Last Updated: September 22, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)