| CTRI Number |
CTRI/2020/03/024012 [Registered on: 17/03/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively |
| Last Modified On: |
12/04/2022 |
| Post Graduate Thesis |
Yes |
| Type of Trial |
Observational |
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Type of Study
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Cross Sectional Study |
| Study Design |
Single Arm Study |
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Public Title of Study
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Internet use, Smartphone use and Gaming amongst students |
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Scientific Title of Study
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Prevelance and extent of Internet addiction, Smartphone use and Internet Gaming disorder amongst students |
| Trial Acronym |
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Secondary IDs if Any
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| Secondary ID |
Identifier |
| NIL |
NIL |
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Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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| Name |
Dr Ramandeep Kaur |
| Designation |
Junior resident |
| Affiliation |
GMCH 32 Chandigarh |
| Address |
Department of Psychiatry
D Block Level 5
Government Medical College and Hospital , Chandigarh
Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH
140401
India |
| Phone |
9814744470 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
ramankaur0170@gmail.com |
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Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
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| Name |
Dr Priti Arun |
| Designation |
Professor |
| Affiliation |
GMCH,32 Chandigarh |
| Address |
Department of Psychiatry
D Block Level 5
Government Medical College and Hospital , Chandigarh
Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH
140401
India |
| Phone |
9646121612 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
drpritiarun@gmail.com |
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Details of Contact Person
Public Query
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| Name |
Dr Priti Arun |
| Designation |
Professor |
| Affiliation |
GMCH,32 Chandigarh |
| Address |
Department of Psychiatry
D Block Level 5
Government Medical College and Hospital , Chandigarh
Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH
140401
India |
| Phone |
9646121612 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
drpritiarun@gmail.com |
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Source of Monetary or Material Support
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| Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh. |
| Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 Chandigarh |
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Primary Sponsor
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| Name |
GMCH |
| Address |
Government Medical college and Hospital Chandigarh |
| Type of Sponsor |
Government medical college |
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Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Countries of Recruitment
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India |
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Sites of Study
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| No of Sites = 1 |
| Name of Principal
Investigator |
Name of Site |
Site Address |
Phone/Fax/Email |
| Dr Ramandeep Kaur |
GMCH Chandigarh |
D Block, Level 5 , Department of psychiatry,
Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh
Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH |
9814744470
ramankaur0170@gmail.com |
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Details of Ethics Committee
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| No of Ethics Committees= 1 |
| Name of Committee |
Approval Status |
| institutional ethics committee ( GMCH, Chandigarh) |
Approved |
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Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
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Health Condition / Problems Studied
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| Health Type |
Condition |
| Healthy Human Volunteers |
Gaming Disorder |
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Intervention / Comparator Agent
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| Type |
Name |
Details |
| Intervention |
NIL |
NIL |
| Comparator Agent |
NIL |
NIL |
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Inclusion Criteria
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| Age From |
15.00 Year(s) |
| Age To |
24.00 Year(s) |
| Gender |
Both |
| Details |
Those consenting to participate |
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| ExclusionCriteria |
| Details |
persons with intellectual disability |
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Method of Generating Random Sequence
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Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc |
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Method of Concealment
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Not Applicable |
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Blinding/Masking
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Not Applicable |
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Primary Outcome
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| Outcome |
TimePoints |
| Prevalence of Internet addiction,Smartphone use and Internet Gaming Disoder |
One and Half year |
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Secondary Outcome
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| Outcome |
TimePoints |
| Extent of Internet Addiction, Smartphone use and Internet Gaming Disorder and quality of life affected by Internet use, Smartphone use and Gaming Disorder |
One and Half year |
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Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="400"
Sample Size from India="400"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" |
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Phase of Trial
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N/A |
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Date of First Enrollment (India)
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18/03/2020 |
| Date of Study Completion (India) |
Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials |
| Date of First Enrollment (Global) |
Date Missing |
| Date of Study Completion (Global) |
Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials |
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Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="1"
Months="6"
Days="0" |
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)
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Not Applicable |
| Recruitment Status of Trial (India) |
Closed to Recruitment of Participants |
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Publication Details
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Nil |
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Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement
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Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?
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Brief Summary
Modification(s)
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The current study was cross sectional assessing the prevalence and extent of internet addiction, smartphone use and internet gaming disorder in youth population. 400 subjects were included in study. The subjects were assessed using IAT, Korean Smartphone addiction Scale and IGD test. The subjects were divided according to the course being pursued by students which included School and college students. The scores of IAT, Korean smartphone addiction Proneness Scale and IGD revealed that the higher scores on these scales varied according to age group they belonged to and course being pursued by subjects. Additionally, gender was also related to the development of IGD. IA was found to be 77.3%, Smartphone addiction was 5% for high risk population and IGD in 6.8% of population. This is the first study as per author’s knowledge to assess these behaviours at single point of time and has some useful clinical implications. This helped us to identify the population at risk at an early stage and appropriate measures being taken to prevent development of problematic behaviour as this is the future working population of country. There is lack of standard criteria on what qualifies as normal use and abnormal use. The policies pertaining to use and overuse of internet, smartphone and gaming needs to be formulated with structured guidelines for catching this problematic behaviour at an early stage. This study could only assess these behaviours and association with other psychiatric disorders could not be done, further studies could be designed to study it.
The current study was cross sectional assessing the prevalence and extent of internet addiction, smartphone use and internet gaming disorder in youth population. 400 subjects were included in study. The subjects were assessed using IAT, Korean Smartphone addiction Scale and IGD test. The subjects were divided according to the course being pursued by students which included School and college students. The scores of IAT, Korean smartphone addiction Proneness Scale and IGD revealed that the higher scores on these scales varied according to age group they belonged to and course being pursued by subjects. Additionally, gender was also related to the development of IGD. IA was found to be 77.3%, Smartphone addiction was 5% for high risk population and IGD in 6.8% of population. This is the first study as per author’s knowledge to assess these behaviours at single point of time and has some useful clinical implications. This helped us to identify the population at risk at an early stage and appropriate measures being taken to prevent development of problematic behaviour as this is the future working population of country. There is lack of standard criteria on what qualifies as normal use and abnormal use. The policies pertaining to use and overuse of internet, smartphone and gaming needs to be formulated with structured guidelines for catching this problematic behaviour at an early stage. This study could only assess these behaviours and association with other psychiatric disorders could not be done, further studies could be designed to study it.
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