Transversal Multiaxial Evaluation and 5-year Follow-up of a Cohort of French Gamblers (JEU)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pathological or "at Risk" Gambling

• Registration Number: NCT01207674
• Lead Sponsor: Nantes University Hospital

Brief Summary

This study is divided into two stages. The first stage is a transversal study and corresponds to the recruitment of participants, which will last about two years. Three groups of gamblers will be constituted : Non-problematic gamblers (NPG), Problematic gamblers Not in Care (PGNC) and Problematic gamblers in Care (PGC).The second stage is a prospective 5-year follow-up study of the cohort (only the initial NPG and PGNC groups are concerned by the follow-up study), that consists on an annual follow-up evaluation. The main objective of the first stage of the study is to compare the characteristics of the three groups of gamblers on some socio-demographic and clinical data. These comparisons will allow us to identify, among all data, those that will be most likely to explain the evolution of the practice of gambling (appearance or resolution of a gambling problem), and recourse to specific care. These such isolated data will be tested in the second stage of the study, in order to determine those that are predictive factors of three steps of the gambling course of some gamblers : evolution of a controlled gambling practice into a problematic gambling practice, resolution of the problematic gambling practice without intervention of care, and first recourse to specific care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-04
• Study First Submitted: 2010-09-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-09-22
• Study First Posted: 2010-09-23
• Primary Completion: 2011-11
• Study Completion: 2016-09
• Status Verified: 2018-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-02-14
• Last Update Posted: 2018-02-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 641

Inclusion Criteria

• To be 18 to 65 years old
• To have gambled during the last year
• To gamble at least one time a year

Exclusion Criteria

• To be under tutelage (a French protecting measure for persons with altered judgement)
• To present obvious cognitive disturbances
• To have difficulties to read and/or write in French language

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of psychiatric comorbidities	5 years	The 10 psychiatric comorbidities explored by the MINI are major depressive episode, (hypo)-maniac episode, 5 anxiety disorders (panic disorder ± agoraphobia, social phobia, obsessional-compulsive disorder, PTSD, generalised anxiety disorder), substance use disorders (alcohol, other psychoactive substances), psychotic disorders, and eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Clinical data	5 years	psychiatric and somatic comorbidities, personality disorders, gambling habits, diagnosis and severity of pathological gambling, level of cognitive distortions, ADHD in childhood and adulthood, temperament and character.Each of these data is measured at the initial evaluation (at time of recruitment), and then each year during the time of follow-up (5 years).
Socio-demographic data	5 years	gender, age, marital status, educational level, professional status, professional category, and level of income per month.

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

Clermont Ferrand university Hospital; 🇫🇷 Clermont Ferrand, France

Bordeaux University Hospital; 🇫🇷 Bordeaux, France

Louis Mourier hospital; 🇫🇷 Colombes, France

Marseille University Hospital; 🇫🇷 Marseille, France

Nantes University Hospital; 🇫🇷 Nantes, France

Marmottan hospital; 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Paul Brousse hospital; 🇫🇷 Villejuif, France