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NCT Number: NCT02056314

Developing and Evaluating Effectiveness of a Reinstatement Tutorial

This study will compare a computerized tutorial to a brochure in terms of their education impact of people who wish to end voluntary self-exclusion. Voluntary self-exclusion is a program used by people who seek to bar themselves from further access to the casino or other gambling venue. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), in cooperation with Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG), is developing a tutorial designed to provide practical information to players who choose to reinstate and return to gambling. The goal of this study is to determine if this new computerized tutorial decreases the harm of gambling experienced by gamblers who are reinstated. For example, are they less likely to relapsing to problematic levels of gambling.

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Key information

Conditions

Problem Gambling

Age range

19 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, Canada

About this study

Voluntary self-exclusion is a program used by people who seek to bar themselves from further access to the casino or other gambling venue. Currently there are over 10000 people in the program. Although some self-exclusion programs place a permanent ban on the individual, others offer the possibility of reinstatement after a period of time. Many problem gamblers actually do change their minds about self-exclusion and wish to return to gambling. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), in cooperation with Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG), is developing a tutorial designed to provide practical information to players who choose to reinstate and return to gambling. The goal of this study is to evaluate an the intervention to determine its impact on problem gamblers who is reinstated from relapsing to problematic levels of gambling. The content for the tutorial will be informed by CAMH, will be developed for land based gambling, and also adapted for online gambling as well.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • people currently in the voluntary self-exclusion program who wish to be reinstated (allowed back into the casino to gamble).

Exclusion criteria

  • people who are not currently in the voluntary self-exclusion program

Treatment and study plan

electronic tutorial

Other

The electronic tutorial will provide information to the participants about the nature of gambling, and how to protect themselves against the risks of problem gambling including information on coping skills, and myths associated with gambling.

brochure

Other

The brochure is the current means of informing people about the risks of problem gambling. It includes information about problem gambling and help resources.

Primary outcomes

  1. Gambling frequency

    Time frame: 6 months

    The frequency with which the person is gambling will be used to determine if they are gambling problematically.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Gambling cravings

    Time frame: 6 months

    This will be measured using the Gambling Symptom Assessment Scale.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Other

Collaborators

  • Ontario Lottery and Gaming

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Feb 5, 2014
Registry last updated
May 14, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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