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Evaluation of a Brief Online Self-help Program for Concerned Gamblers
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and module content of a brief online self-help program for concerned gamblers, i.e., gamblers who perceived a need to change their gambling habits, in the context of a gambling helpline. The program consisted of four modules based on Motivati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33559778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-021-10005-6 |
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author | Wall, Håkan Magnusson, Kristoffer Berman, Anne H. Bewick, Bridgette M. Hellner, Clara Jayaram-Lindström, Nitya Rosendahl, Ingvar |
author_facet | Wall, Håkan Magnusson, Kristoffer Berman, Anne H. Bewick, Bridgette M. Hellner, Clara Jayaram-Lindström, Nitya Rosendahl, Ingvar |
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description | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and module content of a brief online self-help program for concerned gamblers, i.e., gamblers who perceived a need to change their gambling habits, in the context of a gambling helpline. The program consisted of four modules based on Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), covering motivation to change, logging gambling behaviors, planning and implementing gambling-free activities, and managing risk situations. Gambling expenditures were also logged in the program, and their development over time were analyzed as longitudinal data using marginalized two-part models. Out of 4655 gamblers recruited via the helpline’s webpage, 92% completed content in at least one module, and 23% were active in all four modules. Attrition was in general high, with only 10% retention in the gambling log for longer than 14 days. Gambling expenditures decreased for those who logged them for a shorter time period, whereas it increased for those who logged expenditures for a longer time period. This study shows that it is relatively easy to recruit participants to an online program for concerned gamblers in the context of a gambling helpline. However, since few users logged in to the program more than once, we suggest future online programs to have open modules with all content accessible at once. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at(10.1007/s10899-021-10005-6). |
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spelling | pubmed-85728342021-11-15 Evaluation of a Brief Online Self-help Program for Concerned Gamblers Wall, Håkan Magnusson, Kristoffer Berman, Anne H. Bewick, Bridgette M. Hellner, Clara Jayaram-Lindström, Nitya Rosendahl, Ingvar J Gambl Stud Original Paper The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and module content of a brief online self-help program for concerned gamblers, i.e., gamblers who perceived a need to change their gambling habits, in the context of a gambling helpline. The program consisted of four modules based on Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), covering motivation to change, logging gambling behaviors, planning and implementing gambling-free activities, and managing risk situations. Gambling expenditures were also logged in the program, and their development over time were analyzed as longitudinal data using marginalized two-part models. Out of 4655 gamblers recruited via the helpline’s webpage, 92% completed content in at least one module, and 23% were active in all four modules. Attrition was in general high, with only 10% retention in the gambling log for longer than 14 days. Gambling expenditures decreased for those who logged them for a shorter time period, whereas it increased for those who logged expenditures for a longer time period. This study shows that it is relatively easy to recruit participants to an online program for concerned gamblers in the context of a gambling helpline. However, since few users logged in to the program more than once, we suggest future online programs to have open modules with all content accessible at once. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at(10.1007/s10899-021-10005-6). Springer US 2021-02-09 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8572834/ /pubmed/33559778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-021-10005-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Wall, Håkan Magnusson, Kristoffer Berman, Anne H. Bewick, Bridgette M. Hellner, Clara Jayaram-Lindström, Nitya Rosendahl, Ingvar Evaluation of a Brief Online Self-help Program for Concerned Gamblers |
title | Evaluation of a Brief Online Self-help Program for Concerned Gamblers |
title_full | Evaluation of a Brief Online Self-help Program for Concerned Gamblers |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of a Brief Online Self-help Program for Concerned Gamblers |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of a Brief Online Self-help Program for Concerned Gamblers |
title_short | Evaluation of a Brief Online Self-help Program for Concerned Gamblers |
title_sort | evaluation of a brief online self-help program for concerned gamblers |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33559778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-021-10005-6 |
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