Contingency Management as an Adjunct Treatment for Rural and Remote Disordered Gamblers
ConditionGambling Disorder
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorUniversity of Lethbridge
About this trial
The purpose of this project is to pilot contingency management as an adjunct treatment to counselling as usual using internet delivered video-conferencing applications for remote disordered gamblers. This project further investigates the impact of adding contingency management to counselling to improve counselling attendance and retention and uses internet-delivered approaches to assist rural and remote disordered gamblers gain access to counselling treatments.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
capable of providing written consent,
received a diagnosis of gambling disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013),
gambled within the last month,
live in a rural or remote location, and
Disqualifiers
Medically unmanaged psychiatric or neurological disorder(s) except for disordered gambling
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Contingency Management
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Treatment groups
54 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of Lethbridge
Lead sponsor
Rural Development Network
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov