Indicated Prevention With At-Risk Gamblers

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

• Ages 17 to 24 years
• All sexes
• No healthy volunteers
• Child, Adult

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

About this study

Conditions

Gambling, Pathological Gambling, Problem Gambling

Being tested

Personalized Feedback Intervention, Cognitive Behavioral Intervention

Keywords

Gambling, Pathological Gambling, Problem Gambling, College Students, Prevention

Medical subject headings

Gambling

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

• Personalized Feedback InterventionBehavioural

  Sessions lasted for 60-90 minutes and used Motivational Interviewing (MI) to facilitate discussion of feedback from participants' survey responses. Sessions began with open-ended questions about contextual factors associated with participants' gambling, then review of each feedback section: gambling pattern; perceived gambling norms; positive expectancies and negative consequences of gambling; beliefs about control over gambling; and situational self-efficacy to avoid gambling. Participants were encouraged to consider the feedback in light of their personal goals. All participants received a copy of their feedback, a list of skills for limiting gambling and a resource/referral list.

• Cognitive Behavioral InterventionBehavioural

  Participants completed either six weekly 1-hour sessions or attend four sessions containing the same content. Sessions covered functional analysis and gambling triggers; challenging cognitive distortions, with emphasis on illusions of control; coping with triggers; assertiveness; and relapse prevention. Participants received a pamphlet covering each week's topic (which was reviewed with the participant if a session was missed), as well as homework sheets and gambling diaries. CBI participants were asked to refrain from gambling for the duration of the group to provide an opportunity to practice and develop skills applicable to gambling and other behavior change situations.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

1. South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS)

   The 20-item South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) measures gambling involvement and problem severity based on DSM-III-R pathological gambling criteria.

   Measured: 6-Months

2. Gambling Quantity and Perceived Norms Scale (GQPN)

   The gambling quantity and perceived norms scale (GQPN) includes a six-item expenditure subscale assessing amount of money won/lost through gambling on a 10-point scale from $0 to more than $2000 over time-periods from the past month to past year. Additional items assess gambling frequency (on a 10-point scale from never to every day in the past year), disposable income (on an 11-point scale from less than $50 to more than $500 per month) and perceptions of gambling frequency and expenditure for the typical college student (perceived norms). Gambling expenditure was calculated as the expenditure subscale mean residualized on disposable income.

   Measured: 6 Months

3. Gambling Frequency (SOGS)

   The SOGS was modified to assess internet gambling frequency and expand gambling frequency response options from a three- to a five-point scale with anchors of no times, one to 10 times, more than 10 times, less than weekly, weekly or more than weekly but less than daily, and daily. This modified frequency scale has been shown to correlate highly with other measures of gambling frequency.

   Measured: 6 Months

4. Gambling Problems Index (GPI)

   Gambling problems (or negative consequences) were assessed using the 20-item Gambling Problems Index (GPI). Participants indicated how often, from never to more than 10 times in the past 6 months, they experienced consequences while, or as a result of, gambling.

   Measured: 6 Months

5. National Opinion Research Center DSM-IV Screen for Pathological Gambling (NODS)

   DSM-IV [1] criteria for pathological gambling were assessed using the 17-item National Opinion Research Center DSM-IV Screen (NODS). Some criteria have multiple items, but possible scores range from 0-10 DSM-IV criteria endorsed in the past 6 months.

   Measured: 6 Months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

1. First posted24 Feb 2004 (estimated)
2. Study startJul 2003
3. Primary completionJul 2003
4. Study completionJul 2003

Resources

• Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
• Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
• Other trials for GamblingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
• More trials run by University of WashingtonThe sponsor's other registered studies.
• What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.