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Trial reportJournal of gambling studies2017

Internet-Based Delivery of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Compared to Monitoring, Feedback and Support for Problem Gambling: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Leanne M Casey, Tian P S Oei, Namrata Raylu, Katherine Horrigan, Jamin Day, Michael Ireland, Bonnie A Clough

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of gambling studies, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. A Systematic Review on Intervention Treatment in Pathological Gambling.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Leanne M CaseySchool of Applied Psychology, Behavioural Basis of Health, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Messines Ridge Road, Mt Gravatt, QLD, 4122, Australia. l.casey@griffith.edu.auc.
Tian P S OeiSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, McElwain Building, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
Namrata RayluSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, McElwain Building, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
Katherine HorriganPrivate Practice, Suite 5.9A, 12 Endeavour Boulevard, North Lakes, QLD, 4509, Australia.
Jamin DaySchool of Psychology and Counselling, Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, 37 Sinnathamby Boulevard, Springfield Central, QLD, 430, Australia.
Michael IrelandSchool of Psychology and Counselling, Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, 37 Sinnathamby Boulevard, Springfield Central, QLD, 430, Australia.
Bonnie A CloughSchool of Psychology and Counselling, Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, 37 Sinnathamby Boulevard, Springfield Central, QLD, 430, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of an Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy program (I-CBT) for the treatment of problem gambling, when compared to a waitlist control and an active comparison condition consisting of monitoring, feedback, and support (I-MFS). Participants (N = 174) were randomly allocated to the three conditions. Variables of interest were gambling outcome and related mental health measures. Participants in the active conditions (I-CBT and I-MFS) completed six online modules. Both I-CBT and I-MFS conditions resulted in significant treatment gains on gambling severity. However, I-CBT was also associated with reductions in a range of other gambling-related and mental health outcomes. Compared with I-MFS, I-CBT produced greater effects across seven outcomes measures, relating to gambling urges, cognitions, stress, and life satisfaction. I-CBT participants also rated the program as significantly more satisfactory. Treatment gains observed for both active conditions were found to be stable through to 12 month follow up. The results indicate that the benefits of I-CBT were more than simply the non-specific effects of engaging in online treatment or receiving motivation, feedback, and support. Online treatments for gambling may be a valuable tool in increasing help-seeking and treatment engagement in this population, and be integrated as part of stepped care approaches to treatment.

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AdultBehavior, AddictiveCognitionCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleGamblingHumansInternetMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedMotivatione-Mental healthe-TherapyGambling disorderPathological gamblingProblem gambling

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PMID28124288

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