The Effect of Smartphone Addiction and Mental Fatigue on Working Memory in University Students

Mental Fatigue Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Smartphone Addiction and Mental Fatigue on Working Memory in University Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05952362
• Other study ID #: 2023/07-08
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 15, 2023
• Est. completion date: November 7, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Kutahya Health Sciences University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of smartphone addiction and mental fatigue on working memory in university students.

Description:

University students who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be informed about the study and the participants who agree to participate in the study will be given the Turkish version of "Smartphone Addiction Scale", ''Mental Fatigue Scale'' and "Working Memory Questionnaire" tests, respectively. 120 university students will included in the study. To evaluate between correlation of tests will used to correlation analysis tests. In addition, it will be investigated whether there is a difference between 1.2.3 and 4th grades in terms of Smartphone Addiction, Mental Fatigue Scale and Working Memory Questionnaire

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: November 7, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: November 7, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a university student

• Be between the ages of 18-25

• Using a smartphone for at least one hour a day

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having musculoskeletal pain

• Having had surgery in the last 6 months

• Decline to participate in the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavior, Addictive
• Fatigue
• Mental Fatigue
• Smartphone Addiction

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Kutahya Health Sciences University	Kutahya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kutahya Health Sciences University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Working Memory Questionnaire	The Working Memory Questionnaire (WMQ) is a self-administered scale proposed by Vallat-Azouvi. It assesses the three different working memory domains (memory storage, attention, and executive functions). It consists of 30 questions, each scored on a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely). The total score varies between 0 and 120. Higher scores represent more memory difficulties/complaints.	Baseline (First assessment)
Secondary	Smartphone Addicition Scale-Short Version	This instrument to examine smartphone addiction was developed by Kwon et al. This scale consisted of six factors with ten items each, rated using the six-point Likert scale (1: strongly disagree, 2: disagree, 3: weakly disagree, 4: weakly agree, 5: agree, and 6: strongly agree).	Baseline (First assessment)
Secondary	Mental Fatigue Scale	The Mental Fatigue Scale (MFS) is a 15-item questionnaire that specifically evaluates mental fatigue. It includes affective, cognitive and sensory symptoms, duration of sleep and daytime variation in symptom severity. It has a 7-point Likert-type scale and is scored between 0 and 3. A rating of 0 indicates normal function, 1 slight problem, 2 significant problems and 3 maximum problems. There are also items such as 0.5, 1.5, 2.5 for marking when individuals fall between 2 items (0.5, 1.5, 2.5). The total score of the scale is obtained by summing the scores of the first 14 questions. The last question is evaluated as yes or no. The scores range from 0 to 42 and 0-10 indicates no mental fatigue problem, 10.5-14.5 indicates slight mental fatigue, 15-20 indicates fairly serious mental fatigue, and = 20.5 indicates serious mental fatigue	Baseline (First assessment)