Screening for Excessive Gambling Behaviors on the Internet (EDEIN)

Nantes University Hospital (NUH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gambling, Pathological

Treatments: Other: stage 2; Other: stage 3; Other: stage 1

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02415296

PROG/10/124

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Internet medium is particularly vector for gambling problems. Since the opening of the online gambling sector in France, no screening for excessive gambling behaviours is provided for by the law, although it is known that preventive actions are more effective if they are implemented early in the gambler's career.

The investigators propose to develop a model for screening excessive gambling practices based on the gambling behaviours observed on French gambling websites, coupled to a clinical validation. The objective is to lead to early preventive measures directed towards the more vulnerable gamblers and adapted for each type of gambling.

This study will therefore contribute to setting up an innovative measure of prevention, to inform and protect gamblers as early as possible.

Enrollment: 213 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• users of French online gambling websites
• users with active accounts
• users that have placed at least one bet during the last 12 months

Exclusion criteria

• minor

Trial design

213 participants in 3 patient groups

stage 1

Description:

French online gamblers.

Treatment:

Other: stage 1

stage 2

Description:

Validation of problematic gamblers score on possible problematic gamblers.

Treatment:

Other: stage 2

stage 3

Description:

240 problematic gamblers.

Treatment:

Other: stage 3