Mindfulness as an add-on Intervention in Treatment for Problem Gambling in Clinical Settings in Sweden

Region Skane

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Problem Gambling

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06561139

Mindfulness gambling study

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will test the effects of an add-on mindfulness intervention for patients with gambling problems, added to treatment as usual, compared to a waitlist control condition. The study will primarily aim to decrease gambling behaviour compared to the control condition which receives the intervention later, after two months, and secondarily to decrease symptoms of depressive and anxiety symptoms. In addition, patients who have undergone the mindfulness intervention will be offered participation in a qualitative interview study aiming to deepen the understanding of feasibility and challenges of a mindfulness add-on intervention against gambling problems.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Enrolled in any kind of treatment for problem gambling at a regional health care unit for problem gambling or at any municipal social service unit for problem gambling, and who provides informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to provide informed consent due to language difficulties or due to severe mental health problems, or because of mental health problems requiring urgent psychiatric management (such as suicidal, homicidal, delirious or psychotic behavior)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention: treatment as usual + group mindfulness

Experimental group

Description:

Eight-week, weekly group sessions of mindfulness, as an add-on to treatment as usual for problem gambling.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness

Control: treatment as usual + waiting list for two months

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treatment as usual for problem gambling and waiting list for the mindfulness condition for two months, after which subjects are offered to undergo the same intervention as in the intervention group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness