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NCT Number: NCT06561139

Mindfulness as an add-on Intervention in Treatment for Problem Gambling in Clinical Settings in Sweden

This study will test the effects of an add-on mindfulness intervention for patients with gambling problems, added to treatment as usual, compared to a waitlist control condition. The study will primarily aim to decrease gambling behaviour compared to the control condition which receives the intervention later, after two months, and secondarily to decrease symptoms of depressive and anxiety symptoms. In addition, patients who have undergone the mindfulness intervention will be offered participation in a qualitative interview study aiming to deepen the understanding of feasibility and challenges of a mindfulness add-on intervention against gambling problems.

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Key information

Conditions

Problem Gambling

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Malmö Addiction Center

Malmö, Sweden

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Anders Håkansson, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

Malin Åkesson, secr

CONTACT

[email protected]

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Enrolled in any kind of treatment for problem gambling at a regional health care unit for problem gambling or at any municipal social service unit for problem gambling, and who provides informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Inability to provide informed consent due to language difficulties or due to severe mental health problems, or because of mental health problems requiring urgent psychiatric management (such as suicidal, homicidal, delirious or psychotic behavior)

Treatment and study plan

Mindfulness

Behavioral

Weekly group sessions of mindfulness, for eight weeks

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in past 30-day gambling (NODS 30 days)

    Time frame: Post-treatment (treatment completion) and 3 and 12 months after end of treatment

    Change in the number of criteria met according to a diagnostic tool for gambling disorder, but measuring the past 30 days at baseline and at post-treatment, and 3 and 12 months post-treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in past-2-week depressive symptoms

    Time frame: Post-treatment (treatment completion) and 3 and 12 months after end of treatment

    Change in scores on Patient Health Questionnaire-9, a well-recognised instrument measuring past-2-week depressive symptoms

  2. Change in past-2-week anxiety symptoms

    Time frame: Post-treatment (treatment completion) and 3 and 12 months after end of treatment

    Change in scores on Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7, a well-recognised instrument measuring past-2-week anxiety symptoms

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Anders Håkansson, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+46 46 175596

Patrick Bacquin, nurse

CONTACT

[email protected]

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Region Skane

Other

Collaborators

  • Lund University

Registry information

Official study title

Mindfulness as an add-on Intervention in Treatment for Problem Gambling - a Randomized Control Trial and a Qualitative Analysis in Clinical Settings in Sweden

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Aug 19, 2024
Registry last updated
Aug 21, 2024

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