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Testing Resources: Manual and Webinar Guided Treatment vs. Manual Guided Treatment

10 maart 2016 bijgewerkt door: Nigel Turner, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Meeting the Unique Treatment Needs of Female Gamblers: A Workbook and Webinar Effectiveness Pilot Study

Research specific to women's gambling treatment needs is limited but suggests a critical need for women sensitive options and reduced barriers to access. This pilot will test the effectiveness of a Tutorial Workbook (TW) both as a self-help tool and used in combination with a webinar. Ontario women(n=48) over the age of 19, with gambling concerns, will be recruited through flyers, on-line and newspaper ads and randomly assigned to one of two groups: (a) TW or (b) TWW (TW plus Webinar). All will complete questionnaires addressing gambling behaviours, personal history and mood states prior to and after the 12 week study. Groups (a) and (b) will also provide feedback on the TW's content and relevance. Group (b) will, in addition, provide feedback on the Webinar Group. TW and TWW will be valuable additions to current treatments, of special importance to reduce barriers for women. The study will contribute to best practices in developing web-based treatments.

Studie Overzicht

Toestand

Voltooid

Conditie

Interventie / Behandeling

Gedetailleerde beschrijving

Most gambling specific research involves men yet findings are typically generalized to women, a shortcoming addressed in the literature. Women are underrepresented in treatment. A previous study (Boughton and Brewster, 2002) with 365 Ontario women not in treatment, explored barriers and treatment needs. Many respondents indicated that women-only groups and self-help materials would be of value. Using web-based resources to increase treatment options has merit in a growing technological age. This study will introduce two unique forms of treatment, a women friendly tutorial workbook developed specifically to address issues commonly underlying women's gambling and a webinar based group facilitated by a gambling clinician. Group support has been demonstrated to be highly beneficial for women in reducing isolation and shame. The research will assist in developing Best Practices in the problem gambling field, especially for women, a neglected and vulnerable group.

There are two questions:

  1. First, to what extent is the Tutorial Workbook effective by itself as a treatment option in helping women make changes to their gambling.
  2. What extent is the addition of the webinar discussion group option an incremental benefit to the participant in helping women make changes to their gambling.

Web based therapy has proven effective in the treatment of addiction and mental health issues but more research is needed to assess its efficacy for problem gambling. Self-help tools have been demonstrated as effective in reducing gambling but no women specific tools are available. Evidence of the effectiveness of the TW and TWW treatment options will reduce barriers for hard to serve populations of women and expand options for clinical programs to meet the needs of women unable to attend face to face programs. The TW attends to the unique issues and treatment/support needs of women with gambling concerns.

Ultimately the TW materials, once fully developed, can be made available to the general public as an online tool, used to assist n providing telephone counselling, individually or in a group (Webinar) format or be made available as a self-help paper based utorial workbook.

Studietype

Ingrijpend

Inschrijving (Werkelijk)

59

Fase

  • Niet toepasbaar

Contacten en locaties

In dit gedeelte vindt u de contactgegevens van degenen die het onderzoek uitvoeren en informatie over waar dit onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd.

Studie Locaties

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2S1
        • Problem Gambling Treatment Service

Deelname Criteria

Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.

Geschiktheidscriteria

Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie

18 jaar en ouder (Volwassen, Oudere volwassene)

Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers

Nee

Geslachten die in aanmerking komen voor studie

Vrouw

Beschrijving

Inclusion Criteria:

  • pathological gamblers
  • not currently in formal gambling specific treatment
  • English proficiency (reading, writing and speech)
  • access to private computer and phone
  • sufficient computer skills to engage in webinar
  • able to fully commit to time demands of weekly participation

Exclusion Criteria:

  • active psychosis
  • unstable mood disorders
  • emotion dysregulation
  • extreme social anxiety
  • cognitive challenges in reading
  • not proficient in in English (reading, writing and speech)
  • suicidal behaviours
  • current problems with drugs/ alcohol abuse

Studie plan

Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.

Hoe is de studie opgezet?

Ontwerpdetails

  • Primair doel: Behandeling
  • Toewijzing: Gerandomiseerd
  • Interventioneel model: Parallelle opdracht
  • Masker: Geen (open label)

Wapens en interventies

Deelnemersgroep / Arm
Interventie / Behandeling
Ander: Tutorial Workbook
Tutorial Workbook Group only receives a Tutorial Workbook Group
Gedragsmatig: Tutuorial workbook
A work book about their addiciton
Experimenteel: Tutorial Workbook Group plus webinar
Tutorial Workbook Group plus webinar will receive in addition, a webinar as an additional resource.
Gedragsmatig: Tutuorial workbook
A work book about their addiciton
Gedragsmatig: Webinar
Some clients will receive a webinar as part of their treatment.
Andere namen:
  • online discussie

Wat meet het onderzoek?

Primaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
Perceived Stress Scale
Tijdsspanne: 12 weeks

The questionnaire asks the client about their perceived stress. The Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., and Mermelstein, R. (1983). A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 24, 386-396. December 1983) is a scale developed to measure the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. Psychological stress has been defined as the extent to which persons perceive (appraise) that their demands exceed their ability to cope. The PSS has become one of the most widely used psychological instruments for measuring nonspecific perceived stress.

The scale has ten questions asking respondents to circle a number between 0 and 4. (0 the feelings and thoughts during the last month: 0 = Never 1 = Almost Never 2 = Sometimes 3 = Fairly Often 4 = Very Often. The range of possible score is from 0 to 40. Scores around 13 are considered average. Scores of 20 or higher are considered to be indicative of high stress levels.
12 weeks

Secundaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
DASS Depression
Tijdsspanne: 12 weeks

The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS 21) is a 21 item self-report questionnaire developed by Lovibond, S.H. & Lovibond, P.F. (1995, Manual for the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, 2nd. Ed., Sydney: Psychology Foundation).

The range of total scores for each subscale is from 0 to 21. Higher values represent a worse outcome. Depression Normal 0-4 Mild 5-6 Moderate 7-10 Severe 11-13 Extremely Severe 14+ Anxiety Normal 0-3 Mild 4-5 Moderate 6-7 Severe 8-9 Extremely Severe 10+ Stress Normal 0-7 Mild 8-9 Moderate 10-12 Severe 13-16 Extremely Severe 17+
12 weeks

Medewerkers en onderzoekers

Hier vindt u mensen en organisaties die betrokken zijn bij dit onderzoek.

Sponsor

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Onderzoekers

  • Hoofdonderzoeker: Nigel E Turner, Ph.D., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Publicaties en nuttige links

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Nuttige links

Studie record data

Deze datums volgen de voortgang van het onderzoeksdossier en de samenvatting van de ingediende resultaten bij ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieverslagen en gerapporteerde resultaten worden beoordeeld door de National Library of Medicine (NLM) om er zeker van te zijn dat ze voldoen aan specifieke kwaliteitscontrolenormen voordat ze op de openbare website worden geplaatst.

Bestudeer belangrijke data

Studie start

1 november 2012

Primaire voltooiing (Werkelijk)

1 november 2014

Studie voltooiing (Werkelijk)

1 augustus 2015

Studieregistratiedata

Eerst ingediend

2 november 2012

Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria

4 december 2012

Eerst geplaatst (Schatting)

6 december 2012

Updates van studierecords

Laatste update geplaatst (Schatting)

1 april 2016

Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria

10 maart 2016

Laatst geverifieerd

1 januari 2016

Meer informatie

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Trefwoorden

Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden

Andere studie-ID-nummers

  • 153-2012

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