The Effect of Motivational Interviews on the Digital Game Addiction Levels of Nursing Students

Addiction Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Motivational Interviews Based on Change Stages on the Digital Game Addiction Levels of Nursing Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05457777
• Other study ID #: Sivas Cumhuriyet University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 22, 2022
• Est. completion date: October 22, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: Cumhuriyet University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of motivational interviewing based on change stages on digital game addiction. This study will be conducted with a total of 72 individuals assigned by a randomization site from all nursing students who study at Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Health Sciences, voluntarily participated in the study, and were found to be digital game addicts. These individuals will be equally distributed to the intervention and control groups. Personal Information Form, Stages of Change Questionnaire and Digital Game Addiction Scale will be distributed to individuals to answer. The obtained data will be analyzed statistically.

Description:

The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of motivational interviewing based on change stages on digital game addiction. This study will be conducted with a total of 72 individuals assigned by a randomization site from all nursing students who study at Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Health Sciences, voluntarily participated in the study, and were found to be digital game addicts. These individuals will be equally distributed to the intervention and control groups. Each group will contain 36 participants. the participants in intervention group will take motivational interventions while the individuals who have digital game addiction in control group will not take this application. Personal Information Form, Stages of Change Questionnaire and Digital Game Addiction Scale will be distributed to individuals to answer. The obtained data will be analyzed statistically.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 72
• Est. completion date: October 22, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: September 22, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Nursing students who:

• agree to participate in the study
• are over 18 years
• have game addiction
• agree to participate in the negotiations Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals who:

• do not agree to participate in the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Addiction
• Behavior, Addictive
• Motivational Interview

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motivational interview in digital game addiction
Motivational interviewing, which is a technique developed by William Miller that aims to change behavior by revealing the contradiction of problematic behavior with the value judgments of the person and creating motivation by the counselor, will be applied to the individuals with digital game addiction.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Sivas Cumhuriyet University	Sivas	Center
Turkey	Sivas Cumhuriyet University	Sivas	Center

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Fidan Balkaya

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Digital Game Addiction Scale	The scale has a five-point Likert type, single-factor structure and scores between 1-5 (1=never, 5=always) (range: 7-35). Evaluation is made using monoetic and polyethical diagnoses. According to the monothetic diagnosis, if the person scores three (sometimes) or more on seven of the seven items; According to the polythetic diagnosis, if at least four of the seven items score three (sometimes) or more, it is defined as "game addict".	up to three months