Comparative Study of the Link Between the Practice of Gambling and Money and Materialism Among Problem Gamblers and Non-problem Gamblers (GAMMA)

Nantes University Hospital (NUH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gambling

Treatments: Other: questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02841566

RC15_0372

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to to explore the link between materialism and addiction to gambling and money

Enrollment: 144 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: ( specific to problem gamblers)

• subject having at least four diagnostic criteria in "Trouble linked to gambling and money" DSM-5 (APA 2013)
• subject who had written consent for participation in the EVALADD cohort
• Subject who has started treatment for a problem with the practice of gambling and money in the addictology and psychiatric department

( specific to non-problem gamblers)

• Subject playing games of chance and money at least once a year
• Subject playing games of chance and money less than once per week OR less than € 500 per year
• Subject having a score of 0-2 at ICJE questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject having difficulty reading or writing of the French language
• Subject having Parkinson's Disease
• Subject under guardianship

Trial design

144 participants in 2 patient groups

Problem glambers

Description:

The group of problem gamblers will consist of patients already included in the cohort EVALADD \[favorable opinion of GNEDS 06/09/2012; CNIL authorization No. 912631 of 10.09.2013\], and the data will be extracted directly from the database EVALADD

Treatment:

Other: questionnaire

Non-problem gamblers

Description:

The subjects of this group will be matched on sex, age and education level with the group problem gamblers. They will be recruited over the Internet and using the volunteer base \[normal declaration with the CNIL: No. 1761543 of 21/05/2014\].

Treatment:

Other: questionnaire