Effect of health education intervention in preventing internet addiction among undergraduate students, UPM

Status

Unknown

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

TCTR

Registry ID

TCTR20230408003

Enrollment

276

Registered

2023-04-08

Start date

2023-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Internet Addiction Internet addiction Health belief model Health education intervention University students

Interventions

intervention have six sections which involve video watching (5 minute animated video each video), synchronous digital (WhatsApp) group discussion for 20 minutes, and infographic ,the wait list contro

Experimental Behavioral,No Intervention No treatment

SCoPE intervention,wait list control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 24 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria for the undergraduate students from the chosen faculties offering bachelor courses in University Putra Malaysia during the academic session 2022/2023 to be included in this study were: 1) Students aged 18 to 24 years old 2) Full-time students 3) Malaysian citizen 4) Willing to complete pre-and post-assessments and participate in 3 months post-intervention or control group.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Undergraduate students who self-report to have a known psychiatric problem and under follow-up

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
internet addiction baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention internet addiction test score	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
perceived susceptibility to internet addiction baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention perceived susceptibility to internet addiction score,knowledge of internet addiction baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention knowledge of internet addiction score,perceive the severity of internet addiction baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention perceive the severity of internet addiction score,perceive benefit of reducing internet use baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention perceive benefit of reducing internet use score,perceived barriers for reducing internet use baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention perceived barriers for reducing internet use score,cue to take action to reduce internet use baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention cue to take action to reduce internet use score,self-efficacy for reducing internet use baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention self-efficacy for reducing internet use score	—

Measure

Time frame

perceived susceptibility to internet addiction baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention perceived susceptibility to internet addiction score,knowledge of internet addiction baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention knowledge of internet addiction score,perceive the severity of internet addiction baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention perceive the severity of internet addiction score,perceive benefit of reducing internet use baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention perceive benefit of reducing internet use score,perceived barriers for reducing internet use baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention perceived barriers for reducing internet use score,cue to take action to reduce internet use baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention cue to take action to reduce internet use score,self-efficacy for reducing internet use baseline, immediate post intervention and 3 months post intervention self-efficacy for reducing internet use score

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Countries

Malaysia

Contacts

Public ContactNorliza Ahmad

Universiti Putra Malaysia

lizaahmad@upm.edu.my0397692582

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026