Brief Online Personalised Feedback Intervention for Gambling Harm
Primary Purpose
Problem Gambling
Status
Active
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
United Kingdom
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Gambling Personalised Feedback
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Problem Gambling
Eligibility Criteria
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
Sites / Locations
- King's College London
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Experimental
No Intervention
Arm Label
Gambling Personalised Feedback
Control
Arm Description
The intervention is a brief online intervention designed to provide personalized normative feedback aimed at motivating reductions in gambling
No intervention Control
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
number of days gambled in the last month
The number of days the participants reports gambling in the past month
Secondary Outcome Measures
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT06011070
First Posted
August 21, 2023
Last Updated
September 11, 2023
Sponsor
King's College London
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT06011070
Brief Title
Brief Online Personalised Feedback Intervention for Gambling Harm
Official Title
Pilot Randomised Trial of a Brief Online Personalised Feedback Intervention for the UK Context Designed to Prevent, Reduce, and Address Gambling Harm
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
August 2023
Overall Recruitment Status
Active, not recruiting
Study Start Date
August 21, 2023 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
November 30, 2023 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
March 30, 2024 (Anticipated)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
King's College London
4. Oversight
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
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.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Problem Gambling
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Other
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Participant
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
1586 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Gambling Personalised Feedback
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
The intervention is a brief online intervention designed to provide personalized normative feedback aimed at motivating reductions in gambling
Arm Title
Control
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
No intervention Control
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Gambling Personalised Feedback
Intervention Description
The intervention is a brief online intervention designed to provide personalized normative feedback aimed at motivating reductions in gambling
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
number of days gambled in the last month
Description
The number of days the participants reports gambling in the past month
Time Frame
1 and 3 months
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
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
Facility Information:
Facility Name
King's College London
City
London
ZIP/Postal Code
SE1 9NH
Country
United Kingdom
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Plan to Share IPD
Yes
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