Pilot Randomised Trial of a Brief Online Personalised Feedback Intervention for the UK Context Designed To Prevent, Reduce, and Address Gambling Harm.

ABSTRACT: Participation in online gambling is growing and the risk of experiencing harms is also increasing. Brief personalised feedback interventions have been shown to prevent, reduce and address gambling harm and this randomised controlled trial tested the effectiveness of a version customised for the UK. A sample of 1586 online gambling participants with moderate or problem gambling were rapidly recruited from an existing Internet panel of UK residents. Participants were randomised to a no intervention control group or received the self-directed, online intervention which included normative feedback and personalised information explaining the consequences of gambling above lower-risk guidelines. One- and three-month follow-ups assessed the short-term impact on frequency and harm. Feedback and re

SUBMITTER: Cunningham JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12360968 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature