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The use of the internet is very popular in adolescence. Notwithstanding the benefits from the internet, many users are addicted to the internet and develop problematic behaviours which are regarded as "Internet addiction" (IA). Trained nursing students, who are the future nurses and well-equipped with basic health knowledge, as the interventionists to deliver a bCBTMI intervention to the eligible subjects. The result of this study is expected to provide evidence of the feasibility and effectiveness of training nursing students to conduct bCBTMI in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents with IA for a definitive RCT.


Clinical Trial Description

A two-arm, parallel-group, feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial will be conducted. 60 adolescents with IA will be recruited from secondary schools in Hong Kong. Participants in the intervention group will receive 4 weekly 30-45 minute sessions using the brief CBT and the brief MI models by nursing students. Control group participants will receive routine care for IA. ;


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NCT number NCT05897359
Study type Interventional
Source The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Contact Ka Wai Katherine Lam
Phone 27666420
Email kw-katherine.lam@polyu.edu.hk
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date September 1, 2022
Completion date May 1, 2024

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