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

• Sponsor: Fidan Balkaya (Other)
• Overall Status: Recruiting
• CT.gov ID: NCT05457777
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 72
• Locations: 2
• Arms: 2
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 5
• Patients Per Site: 36
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 7.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief 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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Motivational Interview; Addiction	Behavioral: Motivational interview in digital game addiction	N/A

Detailed 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.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 72 participants
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Intervention Model Description: Our study has two groups of 36 participants each. Our study is an experimental study with pretest-posttest control group.Our study has two groups of 36 participants each. Our study is an experimental study with pretest-posttest control group.
• Masking: Single (Participant)
• Masking Description: Participants will be determined blindly by being assigned by a site.
• Primary Purpose: Other
• Official Title: The Effect of Motivational Interviews Based on Change Stages on the Digital Game Addiction Levels of Nursing Students
• Actual Study Start Date: May 22, 2022
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Sep 22, 2022
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Oct 22, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Motivational interview group Motivational interviews will be held to the participants with digital game addiction in this group.	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.
No Intervention: Control group This group will be control group and any motivational interviews will not be held to the participants with digital game addiction in this group.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Digital Game Addiction Scale [up to three months]

   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".

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

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

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Sivas Cumhuriyet University	Sivas	Center	Turkey	58000
2	Sivas Cumhuriyet University	Sivas	Center	Turkey	5800

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Fidan Balkaya

Investigators

• Study Director: Semra Zorlu, PhD, Cumhuriyet University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Fidan Balkaya, Nursing-Master Student, Cumhuriyet University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05457777
• Other Study ID Numbers: Sivas Cumhuriyet University
• First Posted: Jul 14, 2022
• Last Update Posted: Jul 14, 2022
• Last Verified: Jul 1, 2022

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Fidan Balkaya, Nursing-Master Student, Cumhuriyet University: digital game addiction; nursing study; change stages; motivational interview
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Behavior, Addictive

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jul 14, 2022