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NCT Number: NCT05506384

Treatment Study for Problematic Gaming and Gambling

The aim of the study is twofold: 1) to evaluate an Relaps Prevention(RP) treatment for Problematic Gaming (PG) and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) patients recruited from child and youth psychiatry (CAP) clinics and 2) to test whether the quality of parent-child relationships plays role in the effect of RP treatment and vice versa - whether the RP treatment has a spillover effect on the quality of parent-child relationships.

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Key information

Conditions

Pathological Gambling Behavior Behavior, Addictive Compulsive Behavior Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders Gambling Impulsive Behavior Internet Addiction Disorder Internet Gaming Disorder Mental Disorders Risk-Taking Technology Addiction

Age range

12 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Child and adolescent Clinic Rehion Skane

Lund, Sweden

About this study

This study is a two-arm, parallel-group, single-blind, early-stage Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) with embedded qualitative components. Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either intervention or control, with a total of 162 participants (81+81) in the trial. The primary outcomes are measures of gaming and gambling behavior pre- and post-intervention, and the secondary outcomes include child ratings of parent-child communication, including parental knowledge, control and solicitousness about child gaming, as well as child disclosure and secrecy related to gaming.

Preliminary analyses will be conducted with regression analyses, paired sample t-tests and ANOVAs and performed in Mplus. In addition to the RCT, the study will be supplemented with a qualitative component with semi-structured individual interviews to capture participants' and clinicians' experiences of the treatment, as well as attitudes about parent-child relationships and parenting needs in carers whose children completed the RP treatment. The qualitative data will be analyzed with thematic analysis.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • age 12-18
  • over cut-off on GASA
  • over cut-off on CLiP

Exclusion criteria

  • not being able to speak Swedish

Treatment and study plan

Relaps Preventions Therapy

Behavioral

The treatment consists of three parts: 1) setting goals, 2) understanding and identifying high-risk situations and problem behaviors, and 3) consolidating the new activity schedule and identifying future high-risk behaviors. The first part is focused on examining the patient's undesirable behavior, his/her motivation for change, and establishing goals with the. The second part, drawing more from traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques, consists of exploring problematic situations, identifying high-risk situations and events, emotions and cognitions that induce the problematic gaming behavior or result in a relapse; managing game time with activity scheduling and practicing problem-solving skills. The final part consists of recognizing early warning signals that may indicate that the primary problem behavior is more likely to occur and consolidating the parts of the treatment that have been most helpful in maintaining the new activity schedule.

Treatment as Usual

Behavioral

This group will receive treatment as usual at their Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic.

Primary outcomes

  1. Gaming changes

    Time frame: treatment and 3 months

    Changes in gaming measured with Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents (GASA) . GASA applies to gaming behavior during the last 6 months with 7 items. Each question covers one criterion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 (DSM-5), answered on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (very often) and should according to the developer be counted as endorsed when rated 3 or higher.

    Min: 0 Max: 35 A higher outcome means worse gaming problems

  2. Gambling changes

    Time frame: treatment and 3 months

    Changes in gambling measured with National Opinion Research Center (NORC) Diagnostic Screen for Gambling Disorders (NODS), three NODS questions, pertaining to loss of Control, Lying, and Preoccupation (CLiP).

    NODS-CLiP is the shorter form of NODS.

    Min: 0 Max:3 A higher outcome means worse gambling problems.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Family climate/communication

    Time frame: treatment and 3 months

    Changes in family climate/communication.

    Parent-child communication includes six subscales. Items are rated on a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (often) to 5 (Never).

    Min: 0 Max: 30 A higher outcome means worse communication.

    Family climate , includes two subscales, family cohesion and conflict. While family cohesion assesses the bonds between family members, family conflict assesses the conflicts between family members. A total of 11 questions.

    Items are rated on a four-point scale, ranging from 1 (not true at all) to 4 (very true).

    Min: 0 Max: 44 A higher outcome means worse family climate.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Region Skane

Other

Collaborators

  • Lund University

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Aug 18, 2022
Registry last updated
Mar 1, 2024

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