Comparative Study of the Link Between the Practice of Gambling and Money and Materialism Among Problem Gamblers and Non-problem Gamblers

Gambling Clinical Trial

— GAMMA  

Official title:

GAMbling and MAterialism

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02841566
• Other study ID #: RC15_0372
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 19, 2016
• Last updated: July 19, 2016
• Start date: October 2015
• Est. completion date: April 2016

Study information

• Verified date: July 2016
• Source: Nantes University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: France: Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to to explore the link between materialism and addiction to gambling and money

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 144
• Est. completion date: April 2016
• Est. primary completion date: April 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria: ( specific to problem gamblers)

• subject having at least four diagnostic criteria in "Trouble linked to gambling and money" DSM-5 (APA 2013)

• subject who had written consent for participation in the EVALADD cohort

• Subject who has started treatment for a problem with the practice of gambling and money in the addictology and psychiatric department

( specific to non-problem gamblers)

• Subject playing games of chance and money at least once a year

• Subject playing games of chance and money less than once per week OR less than € 500 per year

• Subject having a score of 0-2 at ICJE questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject having difficulty reading or writing of the French language

• Subject having Parkinson's Disease

• Subject under guardianship

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gambling

Intervention

Other:
• questionnaire

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nantes University Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Materialism level among problem gamblers compared to non-problem gamblers	To assess the total score of materialism by the Material Value Scale in 15 items (MVS-15), among a group of non-problem gamblers and a group of problem gamblers.	1 year	No