Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Mobile Phone Addiction in Hospitalized Patients

The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Mobile Phone Addiction and Emotional Improvement in Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Problematic mobile phone use is excessive dependence and use of electronic products and their functions, which affects the daily life of users. Previous studies have shown that mobile phone addiction is related to depression, anxiety severity, and stress, and it is negatively correlated with sleep quality. For hospitalized patients in the mental health department, symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and poor sleep are very common. Cognitive behavioral therapy has been widely applied in online gaming addiction and is also effective in intervening in mobile phone addiction. Therefore, Hospitalized patients in the mental health department will be randomized to either the CBT interventions or an control group. The main outcome measure is the Simplified Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV), measured before intervention and after the completion of the last brief intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ≥ 14 years old.
• Willingness to treat problematic mobile phone usage behavior.
• Voluntarily participate in this study and sign an informed consent form. If the subject is unable to read and sign the informed consent form due to reasons such as lack of legal capacity, or if the subject is a minor, their guardian must act as a proxy for the informed process and sign the informed consent form. If the subject lacks the ability to read the informed consent form (such as illiterate subjects), a witness must witness the informed process and sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having serious physical or mental illnesses (such as ongoing psychotic symptoms, manic episodes, or severely disabling neurological and psychiatric disorders), unable to cooperate with intervention.
• Previously received or currently undergoing CBT intervention for mobile phone addiction.
• Cognitive impairment patients, critically ill patients, pregnant women, etc.
• There are other situations that researchers consider unsuitable to participate in this study.