Brief Online Personalised Feedback Intervention for Gambling Harm

NCT ID: NCT06011070

Last Updated: 2024-02-06

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1586 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-21

Study Completion Date

2023-12-30

Brief Summary

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Purpose and significance A brief self-directed online personalised feedback intervention was developed for the UK context designed to prevent, reduce, and address gambling harm. The intervention, which also comes in a paper format, comprises of normative feedback and personalised information on the risk of gambling above lower-risk gambling guidelines. The content is based on recent work adapting the Canadian lower-risk gambling guidelines to the UK context. The purpose of this exploratory research is to conduct the first randomised controlled trial of this intervention. Further, given the increased prevalence of online gambling, the project will target this at-risk population.

Rationale This project will generate participant feedback on the intervention important to improve its utility. The project will also produce publishable findings on the intervention's efficacy. This evaluation provides a necessary first step towards the wide-spread implementation of this free-of-charge intervention in the UK.

Methodology First, using methods developed in our previous research, we will rapidly recruit 926 online gambling participants with moderate or problem gambling from an existing online panel of UK residents. These participants will be randomised to receive the self-directed online intervention or assigned to a no intervention control group. Participants will be followed-up up at one- and three-months to provide detailed feedback on their impressions of the intervention (and what further modifications are needed) and to assess the short-term impact of the intervention on gambling frequency and harm.

Potential implications of the proposed research The intervention can be accessed at any time of the day and allow the delivery of help without requiring face-to-face contact. Online interventions also have the potential to promote reductions in social inequalities through reducing barriers to accessible care. At present, there appears to be no UK online at-risk gambling intervention that is publicly available.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Problem Gambling

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Gambling Personalised Feedback

The intervention is a brief online intervention designed to provide personalized normative feedback aimed at motivating reductions in gambling

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Gambling Personalised Feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is a brief online intervention designed to provide personalized normative feedback aimed at motivating reductions in gambling

Control

No intervention Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Gambling Personalised Feedback

The intervention is a brief online intervention designed to provide personalized normative feedback aimed at motivating reductions in gambling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Problem gambling severity index score of 3 or more
* Willingness to complete 1 and 3-month follow-up surveys

Exclusion Criteria

* Do not live in the United Kingdom
* Incorrectly answer attention check question on baseline survey
* Do not endorse that they answered all questions truthfully on the baseline survey
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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King's College London

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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King's College London

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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HR-22/23-36398

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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