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NCT Number: NCT04723498

Problematic Use of the Internet in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Pathological internet use is a blanket term for problematic behavior types (e.g. uncontrolled gaming, cyber pornography, cyber mobbing and excessive use of social media): all perpetrated through the internet. There is little documentation or research on interdependencies/interplay between problematic internet and/or media use and child-adolescent disturbances. Very few clinical examples of syndromes like attention deficiency/hyperactivity (ADHS), anxiety disorder or affective disturbances associated with pathological media/internet use, or gaming, are found in literature.

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Key information

Conditions

Substance Use Disorders Chemically-Induced Disorders Mental Disorders Substance-Related Disorders

Age range

8 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • male and female patients ages from 8 - 18 years
  • All study participants or their legal representative have given written permission for their experiences to be documented in the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Inability to understand explanations and the questionnaire, whether linguistic or cognitative

Treatment and study plan

screening questionnaire

Diagnostic Test

Fill in screening questionnaire

Primary outcomes

  1. Symptoms severity of problematic internet and media use

    Time frame: 3 months

    The clinician screening questionnaire (PUI) contains 9 items designed to assess severity of problematic internet and media use of obsessive and compulsive in children and adolescents.The test uses a 4-point scale to rate severity of problematic internet and media use. Higher score means a worse outcome.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Renate Drechsler, Prof. Dr. phil.

CONTACT

[email protected]

+41 43 499 4050

Susanne Walitza, Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych.

CONTACT

[email protected]

+41 43 499 26 26

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Susanne Walitza

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jan 25, 2021
Registry last updated
May 13, 2025

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