A digital intervention aiming to help university students change their procrastination behaviour

Evaluating the effectiveness of a brief digital procrastination intervention targeting university students in Sweden: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN13533793

Enrollment

2000

Registered

2023-02-03

Start date

2023-02-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-02-10

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Conditions

Procrastination behaviour Not Applicable

Interventions

The Focus intervention is a digital procrastination intervention which consists of a screening and feedback component, allowing participants to assess their current procrastination behaviours and rece

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. University students at participating colleges and universities in Sweden 2. Scoring 20 points or more on the Pure Procrastination Scale (PPS) 3. As the survey will be conducted in Swedish, students not familiar with the Swedish language will be implicitly excluded

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Procrastination behaviour will be assessed using the PPS 12-item Pure Procrastination Scale at 2 months post-baseline	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Assessed at 2 months post-baseline: 1. Anxiety assessed using the seven-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) 2. Perceived stress assessed using the four-item short-form perceived stress scale (PSS-4) 3. Weekly alcohol consumption assessed by asking participants the number of standard drinks of alcohol they consumed last week (short-term recall method) 4. Monthly frequency of heavy episodic drinking assessed by asking participants how many times they have consumed four or more standard drinks of alcohol on one occasion in the past month 5. Diet and physical activity measured utilising a questionnaire based on the previously published questionnaire designed by the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden and further modified to also include portion sizes: 5.1. Weekly consumption of sugary drinks measured by a question regarding the number of units (33 cl) of sugary drinks participants consumed the past week 5.2. Weekly consumption of candy and snacks measured using a single question regarding the number of servings consumed last week 5.3. Weekly moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) estimated by summing responses to two questions regarding the number of minutes spent on moderate and vigorous physical activity, respectively, during the past week	—

Measure

Time frame

Assessed at 2 months post-baseline: 1. Anxiety assessed using the seven-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) 2. Perceived stress assessed using the four-item short-form perceived stress scale (PSS-4) 3. Weekly alcohol consumption assessed by asking participants the number of standard drinks of alcohol they consumed last week (short-term recall method) 4. Monthly frequency of heavy episodic drinking assessed by asking participants how many times they have consumed four or more standard drinks of alcohol on one occasion in the past month 5. Diet and physical activity measured utilising a questionnaire based on the previously published questionnaire designed by the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden and further modified to also include portion sizes: 5.1. Weekly consumption of sugary drinks measured by a question regarding the number of units (33 cl) of sugary drinks participants consumed the past week 5.2. Weekly consumption of candy and snacks measured using a single question regarding the number of servings consumed last week 5.3. Weekly moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) estimated by summing responses to two questions regarding the number of minutes spent on moderate and vigorous physical activity, respectively, during the past week

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Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026