"Don't gamble away my life" - Easement for People Affiliated with Pathological Gamblers (EfA)
Organizational Data
- DRKS-ID:
- DRKS00005647
- Recruitment Status:
- Recruiting ongoing
- Date of registration in DRKS:
- 2014-01-22
- Last update in DRKS:
- 2014-01-22
- Registration type:
- Retrospective
Acronym/abbreviation of the study
EfA
URL of the study
http://www.verspiel-nicht-mein-leben.de
Brief summary in lay language
In Germany, there is currently hardly any specialised professional help for concerned significant others (CSO) of pathological gamblers available, even so they suffer similiar to CSO of substance misusers. For example, they have a higher risk for developing stress-related physical and mental health problems. Therefore, it is appropriate to teach them skills for problem solving and coping. Although there is an evaluated and feasible training in Germany for this group called ETAPPE, it is not nationwide available. When dealing with psychosocial problems, the internet is used as a source of information and for research purposes. Therefore, it is a readily available access to professional help. That is why an online program for CSO of pathological gamblers called "Don't gamble away my life" - Easement for People Affiliated with Pathological Gamblers (EfA) is developed and evaluated.
Brief summary in scientific language
In Germany, there are currently hardly any specialised counselling or treatment places available for concerned significant others (CSO) of pathological gamblers, even so this clientele is affected heavily by the illness. CSO of pathological gamblers suffer similiar to CSO of substance misusers. They are exposed to chronical stressors and have therefore a high risk of developing stress-related physical and mental health problems. To reduce their risk of developing an illness of their own, it is helpful to teach functional coping strategies. Although there is an evaluated and feasible training in Germany for this group called ETAPPE, it is not nationwide available. When dealing with psychosocial problems, the internet is used as a source of information and for research purposes. Therefore, it is a readily available low-threshold access to professional help - even for people who do not search active for counselling or treatment. That is why an online program for CSO of problem and pathological gamblers called "Don't gamble away my life" - Easement for People Affiliated with Pathological Gamblers (EfA) is developed and evaluated.
Health condition or problem studied
- Free text:
- Impaired quality of life and psychological distress of people affiliated with problem or pathological gamblers
- Healthy volunteers:
- No Entry
Interventions, Observational Groups
- Arm 1:
- Participation in an e-mental-health program containing five self-help modules (interval between modules: minimum 5 days)
Endpoints
- Primary outcome:
- improvement of quality of life, measured with KPD – Klinisch-Psychologisches Diagnosesystem 38 (Percevic, 2005) at two timepoints (before start of module 1, after completion of module 5)
- Secondary outcome:
- stress reduction, measured with PSQ – Perceived Stress Questionnaire (Fliege et al., 2005) at two timepoints (before start of module 1, after completion of module 5)
Study Design
- Purpose:
- Prevention
- Allocation:
- N/A (single arm study)
- Control:
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- Uncontrolled/single arm
- Phase:
- N/A
- Study type:
- Interventional
- Mechanism of allocation concealment:
- No Entry
- Blinding:
- No
- Assignment:
- Single (group)
- Sequence generation:
- No Entry
- Who is blinded:
- No Entry
Recruitment
- Recruitment Status:
- Recruiting ongoing
- Reason if recruiting stopped or withdrawn:
- No Entry
Recruitment Locations
- Recruitment countries:
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- Austria
- Germany
- Switzerland
- Number of study centers:
- Monocenter study
- Recruitment location(s):
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- Other Internet
Recruitment period and number of participants
- Planned study start date:
- 2013-06-01
- Actual study start date:
- 2013-06-01
- Planned study completion date:
- No Entry
- Actual Study Completion Date:
- No Entry
- Target Sample Size:
- 35
- Final Sample Size:
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Inclusion Criteria
- Sex:
- All
- Minimum Age:
- no minimum age
- Maximum Age:
- no maximum age
- Additional Inclusion Criteria:
- Concerned significant other of a problem or pathological gambler, sufficient language skills in German, sufficient internet user skills
Exclusion Criteria
No Entry
Addresses
Primary Sponsor
- Address:
- Bayerische Akademie für Sucht- und Gesundheitsfragen BAS Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt)Landwehrstr. 60-6280336 MünchneGermany
- Telephone:
- 089 530730 0
- Fax:
- No Entry
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://www.bas-muenchen.de
- Investigator Sponsored/Initiated Trial (IST/IIT):
- Yes
Contact for Scientific Queries
- Address:
- Bayerische Akademie für Sucht- und Gesundheitsfragen BAS Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt)Dipl.-Psych. Ursula Gisela BuchnerLandwehrstr. 60-6280336 MünchenGermany
- Telephone:
- 089 530730 16
- Fax:
- 089 530730 19
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://www.bas-muenchen.de
Contact for Public Queries
- Address:
- Bayerische Akademie für Sucht- und Gesundheitsfragen BAS Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt)Dipl.-Psych. Ursula Gisela BuchnerLandwehrstr. 60-6280336 MünchenGermany
- Telephone:
- 089 530730 16
- Fax:
- 089 530730 19
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://www.bas-muenchen.de
Principal Investigator
- Address:
- Bayerische Akademie für Sucht- und Gesundheitsfragen BAS Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt)Dipl.-Psych. Ursula Gisela BuchnerLandwehrstr. 60-6280336 MünchenGermany
- Telephone:
- 089 530730 16
- Fax:
- 089 530730 19
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://www.bas-muenchen.de
Sources of Monetary or Material Support
Public funding institutions financed by tax money/Government funding body (German Research Foundation (DFG), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), etc.)
- Address:
- Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Gesundheit und PflegeRosenkavalierplatz 281925 MünchenGermany
- Telephone:
- 089 92 14-00
- Fax:
- No Entry
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://www.stmgp.bayern.de
Ethics Committee
Address Ethics Committee
- Address:
- Ethikrat der Otto-Friedrich-Universität BambergKapuzinerstraße 1696045 BambergGermany
- Telephone:
- No Entry
- Fax:
- No Entry
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://www.uni-bamberg.de/gremien/senat-kommissionen/kommissionen/ethikrat/
Vote of leading Ethics Committee
- Vote of leading Ethics Committee
- Date of ethics committee application:
- 2012-07-20
- Ethics committee number:
- No Entry
- Vote of the Ethics Committee:
- Approved
- Date of the vote:
- 2012-07-24
Further identification numbers
- Other primary registry ID:
- No Entry
- EudraCT Number:
- No Entry
IPD - Individual Participant Data
- Do you plan to make participant-related data (IPD) available to other researchers in an anonymized form?:
- No Entry
- IPD Sharing Plan:
- No Entry
Study protocol and other study documents
- Study protocols:
- No Entry
- Study abstract:
- No Entry
- Other study documents:
- No Entry
- Background literature:
- No Entry
- Related DRKS studies:
- No Entry
Publication of study results
- Planned publication:
- No Entry
- Publikationen/Studienergebnisse:
- No Entry
- Date of first publication of study results:
- No Entry
- DRKS entry published for the first time with results:
- No Entry
Basic reporting
- Basic Reporting / Results tables:
- No Entry
- Brief summary of results:
- No Entry