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

Completed

• Conditions: Gambling
• Interventions: Other: questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT02841566
• Lead Sponsor: Nantes University Hospital

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-10
• Primary Completion: 2016-04
• Study Completion: 2016-04
• Status Verified: 2016-07
• Study First Submitted: 2016-07-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-07-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-07-19
• Study First Posted: 2016-07-22
• Last Update Posted: 2016-07-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 144

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

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Exclusion Criteria

• Subject having difficulty reading or writing of the French language
• Subject having Parkinson's Disease
• Subject under guardianship

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Problem glambers	questionnaire	The group of problem gamblers will consist of patients already included in the cohort EVALADD \[favorable opinion of GNEDS 06/09/2012; CNIL authorization No. 912631 of 10.09.2013\], and the data will be extracted directly from the database EVALADD
Non-problem gamblers	questionnaire	The subjects of this group will be matched on sex, age and education level with the group problem gamblers. They will be recruited over the Internet and using the volunteer base \[normal declaration with the CNIL: No. 1761543 of 21/05/2014\].

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Materialism level among problem gamblers compared to non-problem gamblers	1 year	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.