Screening for Excessive Gambling Behaviors on the Internet

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Gambling, Pathological

Interventions

OTHER

stage 1

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.

OTHER

stage 2

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.

OTHER

stage 3

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Université de Nantes

  collaborator OTHER

• ODJ (Observatoire des Jeux)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• ARJEL (Autorité de Régulation des Jeux En Ligne)

  collaborator OTHER

• MILDECA (Mission Interministérielle de Lutte contre les Drogues Et les Conduites Addictives)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Paris 13

  collaborator OTHER

• Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique, France

  collaborator OTHER

• Nantes University Hospital

  lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-12-29

Primary Completion

2018-10-26

Completion

2020-03-02

Countries

• France

Study Locations