The use of the internet is very popular in adolescence. Notwithstanding the benefits from the internet, many users are addicted to the internet and develop problematic behaviours which are regarded as "Internet addiction" (IA). Trained nursing students, who are the future nurses and well-equipped with basic health knowledge, as the interventionists to deliver a bCBTMI intervention to the eligible subjects. The result of this study is expected to provide evidence of the feasibility and effectiveness of training nursing students to conduct bCBTMI in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents with IA for a definitive RCT.
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Screening rate
Timeframe: at day 1
Eligibility rate
Timeframe: at day 1
Consent rate
Timeframe: at the 6-month follow-up
Randomization rate
Timeframe: at day 1
Attendance rate
Timeframe: Immediately after the bCBTMI intervention
Retention rate
Timeframe: at the 6-month follow-up
Adherence to intervention protocol
Timeframe: at the 1-month follow-up
Complete rate
Timeframe: at the 6-month follow-up
Missing data
Timeframe: at the 6-month follow-up
Adverse events
Timeframe: at the 6-month follow-up