Internet Based Self-help for Problem Gambling Concerned Significant Others

Karolinska Institute

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Problem Gambling

Treatments: Behavioral: Web-based self-help

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06230809

2023-04225-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The project aims to evaluate a brief online self-help intervention for Concerned Significant Others of individuals with Problem Gambling. The intervention consists of five modules with texts, films and exercises and is compared to a waiting list.

Enrollment: 170 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• No treatment related to the gambling during the past 3 months for the CSO
• The CSO is at least 18 years old
• The CSO can read and answer questions in Swedish.
• The CSO is assessed as a non-problem gambler according to the Gambling Disorder Identification Test.

Exclusion criteria

• Displaying symptoms of severe psychiatric disorders such as psychosis or bipolar disease deemed to needed other treatment options.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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170 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Web-based self-help

Waitlist

No Intervention group

Description:

Waitlist, participants will be included after 8 weeks.