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NCT Number: NCT02415296

Screening for Excessive Gambling Behaviors on the Internet

The Internet medium is particularly vector for gambling problems. Since the opening of the online gambling sector in France, no screening for excessive gambling behaviours is provided for by the law, although it is known that preventive actions are more effective if they are implemented early in the gambler's career.

The investigators propose to develop a model for screening excessive gambling practices based on the gambling behaviours observed on French gambling websites, coupled to a clinical validation. The objective is to lead to early preventive measures directed towards the more vulnerable gamblers and adapted for each type of gambling.

This study will therefore contribute to setting up an innovative measure of prevention, to inform and protect gamblers as early as possible.

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Key information

Conditions

Gambling, Pathological Behavior Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders Gambling Mental Disorders Risk-Taking

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Nantes University Hospital - IFAC

Nantes, 44093, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • users of French online gambling websites
  • users with active accounts
  • users that have placed at least one bet during the last 12 months

Exclusion criteria

  • minor

Treatment and study plan

stage 1

Other

The first stage of the project aims at providing a general description of the behaviour of French online gamblers, especially defining a typology of online gamblers.

stage 2

Other

The second stage of the project aims at checking that the criteria selected in the first stage lead to a correct prediction whether the gambler is problematic or not. Particularly, this stage aims at determining the best possible score (calculated from gambling data) for defining the gambler's status.

stage 3

Other

The third stage of the project aims at clinically validating the screening model. Result from the screening model will be compared to the diagnostic obtained with a clinical interview.

Primary outcomes

  1. Development of a model for screening excessive gambling practices based on the observation of the behaviour of online gamblers.

    Time frame: retrospective data collection over the past 12 months assessed at time 0

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Nantes University Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • ARJEL (Autorité de Régulation des Jeux En Ligne)
  • Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique, France
  • MILDECA (Mission Interministérielle de Lutte contre les Drogues Et les Conduites Addictives)
  • ODJ (Observatoire des Jeux)
  • University of Paris 13
  • Université de Nantes

Registry information

Official study title

Screening for Excessive Gambling Behaviors on the Internet (EDEIN Study). Study of the Database of French Online Gambling Sites.

Acronym: EDEIN

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2020
First posted
Apr 14, 2015
Registry last updated
Apr 28, 2020

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