Gambling Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
To compare two group psychological interventions for Gambling Disorder in terms of effectiveness and efficacy. One group is based in cognitive-behavioral therapy (TAU) and the other group is based in TAU with Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (Chawla, Marlatt & Gordon, 2011). Both interventions are composed by 14 weekly sessions, and follow-up to a month, three months, six months, one and two years.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Both arms have the same intervention techniques (relative intervention, stimulus control and others) except relapse prevention sessions. In the experimental arm, these sessions are carried out from Mindfulness, and in the active comparator is the usual relapse prevention.
Sponsors
Spanish Clinical Research Network - SCReN
Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Gambling Disorder (DSM-5; APA, 2013). * 18 years or older. * Males and females.
Exclusion criteria
* Current psychosis or other severe/acute mental disorder. * Current substance abuse. * Intellectual disability. * Under 18 years.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS; Lesieur and Blume, 1987) | 5 minuts |
| DSM-IV-TR (APA 2000) | 5 minuts |
| Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS, Gratz and Roemer, 2004) | 5 minuts |
| Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ; Baer et al. 2006) | 5 minuts |
| EQ-Decentering (Soler et al., 2014) | 5 minuts |
| Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS; Raylu & Oei, 2004) | 5 minuts |
| MBRP - Adherence and Competence Scale (Chawla et al. 2010 | 90 minuts (by co-therapist) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R; Cloninger 1999) | 20 minuts |
| Symptom Checklist-Revised (SCL-90-R; Derogatis 1990) | 20 minuts |
| UPPS (Whiteside and Lynam, 2001) | 10 minuts |
| URICA - problem gambling (Gómez-Peña et al. 2011) | 10 minuts |
| AUDIT (OMS, 1989) | 5 minuts |
| DUDIT (Berman et al. 2003) | 5 minuts |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed