Interventions For Neck Pain In Relation to Internet Usage

Internet Addiction Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Comparıson Of Different Interventions For Neck Paın In Relation to Internet Usage Rates

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06009081
• Other study ID #: E-10840098-772.02-4942
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 18, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 21, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

After the rapid increase in the use of the Internet in the world, it has brought some negativities.People with internet addiction describe all the time they spend without internet as worthless and they want to be on the internet with an increasing desire.

Description:

Under all this information, the exercise program and walking programs that are easily added to people's lives in the study; The effects on stress and sleep levels were investigated by reducing neck pain symptoms in people with internet addiction.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 21, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: October 18, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Months to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 20 and 25 years old, have internet addiction
• have neck pain complaints for more than three months
• low category according to the International Physical Activity Index.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants who had mobility limitations and neurological problems -had spinal surgery, had a traffic accident in the last three months and were injured by whiplash injury mechanism- visual and hearing impairments,
• refused to participate in the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavior, Addictive
• Internet Addiction
• Neck Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• postural exercise
The exercises consisted of 4-way neck isometric exercises and stretching exercises for the activation of deep cervical flexors (chin tuck exercise) and combined with this exercise. This protocol consisted of protocols studied in similar studies.
• aerobic exercise
The walking program was carried out daily on a flat surface with a target of 7000 steps. This goal is based on the American College of Sports Medicine reports on the minimum recommended levels of physical activity required to achieve health benefits, which includes several design elements.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	HAZAL genç	Istanbul	None Selected

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (1)

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. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	internet addiction scale	Young's internet addiction scale is a 20-question self-report scale developed by Young. There are answers to the questions as "Never", "Rarely", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very often", "Constantly". According to the survey; He was defined as "Internet addict" when he scored 80 and above	8 weeks
Primary	Disability Index	The Neck Disability Index is a frequently used scale to evaluate neck disability in the clinic. Pain intensity assesses perceived neck pain in personal care, lifting, reading, headaches, concentration, work, driving, sleep, and leisure activities. It was determined as "0" as the best and "50" as the worst	8 weeks
Primary	Physical Activity Index	The International Physical Activity Index, developed to measure the physical activity levels of individuals aged 15-65, asks questions about their physical activity in the last 7 days.It has three categories: Inactive (Category 1), Minimally Active (Category 2), Very Active (Category 3).	8 weeks
Primary	stress scale	Perceived stress scale, this scale is used to measure stress perceptions. In this scale, which has 14 questions in total, the answers are "Never", "Almost never", "Sometimes", "Quite often", "Very often". In this test, the lowest "0" and the highest "56" points can be obtained; high values indicate the height of the stress perceived by the person .	8 weeks
Primary	Sleep Quality Index	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, developed by Buysse et al. in 1989, consists of 24 questions evaluating sleep status in the last 1 month. A minimum score of 21 is obtained. High scores indicate poor sleep quality	8 weeks
Primary	anxiety scale	The Beck anxiety scale consists of four options as "Never", "Mild", "Moderate", "Severe" considering the questionnaire responses in the last week. This scale, which has a score between 0-63 points, evaluates the symptoms of anxiety and is calculated as 63 points for the worst result. If the results are lower than 21, it indicates mild anxiety, 22-35 indicates moderate anxiety, and higher than 36 indicates severe anxiety	8 weeks