Comparing the Efficacy of an Online Gambling Intervention to a no Intervention Control Condition
NCT ID: NCT03124589
Last Updated: 2017-12-05
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
321 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-04-21
2017-11-23
Brief Summary
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Participants will be recruited through Amazon's MTurk crowdsourcing platform. Potential participants identified as problem gamblers who are interested in quitting or reducing their gambling in the next 6 months, or often think about it, based on an initial survey will be invited to complete additional surveys at 6 weeks and 6 months. Those who then agree to be followed up will be randomized to access an online intervention for gambling or a no-intervention website. These participants will then be contacted again at 6 weeks and 6 months to ask about their gambling, and their impressions of the online intervention. The primary hypothesis to be tested is that participants receiving access to the online gambling intervention will report a greater reduction in number of days gambling and in NODS scores at 6-month follow-up than participants in the no intervention control condition.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
SINGLE
Study Groups
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No Intervention
A questionnaire that asks individuals what components of an online intervention they might find useful.
No interventions assigned to this group
Online Gambling Internet Intervention
An online gambling Internet intervention (housed at CAMH and developed based on the self-help materials created by Professor David Hodgins)
Online Gambling Internet Intervention
CAMH's online gambling intervention which includes self-help materials as well as a personalized feedback component.
Interventions
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Online Gambling Internet Intervention
CAMH's online gambling intervention which includes self-help materials as well as a personalized feedback component.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* A score of 5 or over on the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI)
* Thinking about cutting down or quitting their gambling (in next 6 months, or state that they are thinking about it most or almost all of the time)
* Willingness to complete a 6-week and 6-month follow-up survey
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
OTHER
Responsible Party
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John Cunningham
Senior Scientist
Principal Investigators
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John A Cunningham, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Locations
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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Countries
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References
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Schell C, Godinho A, Cunningham JA. Examining Change in Self-Reported Gambling Measures Over Time as Related to Socially Desirable Responding Bias. J Gambl Stud. 2021 Sep;37(3):1043-1054. doi: 10.1007/s10899-020-09970-1.
Cunningham JA, Godinho A, Hodgins DC. Pilot randomized controlled trial of an online intervention for problem gamblers. Addict Behav Rep. 2019 Mar 6;9:100175. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100175. eCollection 2019 Jun.
Related Links
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Information about research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre
Other Identifiers
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01/19/2017
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id