Mindfulness as an add-on Intervention in Treatment for Problem Gambling in Clinical Settings in Sweden
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Mindfulness.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Problem Gambling. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Sweden
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Mindfulness as an add-on Intervention in Treatment for Problem Gambling - a Randomized Control Trial and a Qualitative Analysis in Clinical Settings in Sweden
Overview
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.
Interventions
- Behavioral Mindfulness
Weekly group sessions of mindfulness, for eight weeks
Primary outcome measures
- Change in past 30-day gambling (NODS 30 days) [Time frame: Post-treatment (treatment completion) and 3 and 12 months after end of treatment]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Change in past-2-week depressive symptoms [Time frame: Post-treatment (treatment completion) and 3 and 12 months after end of treatment]
- Change in past-2-week anxiety symptoms [Time frame: Post-treatment (treatment completion) and 3 and 12 months after end of treatment]
Eligibility criteria
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)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Sweden · 1 center
- Malmö Addiction Center — Malmö
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06561139 · Mindfulness gambling study