Feasibility and acceptability of safer gambling interventions (social norms and goal setting) delivered via text message for those at low-to-moderate risk of gambling harm: a four-arm randomised controlled feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of three SMS-delivered safer gambling interventions (goal setting (GS), descriptive norms (DN), injunctive norms (IN)) aimed at reducing the transition from low or moderate risk of gambling harm to problematic gambling, and the feasibility of a full-scale randomised controlled trial evaluating their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.

Design

Four-arm, parallel-group, pragmatic, randomised controlled feasibility study with a nested qualitative study.

Setting

The study was conducted in the UK. Participants were recruited online via UK-licensed gambling operators' websites.

Participants

Adults aged ≥18 years, gambling online at least weekly, with low-to-moderate gambling risk levels.

Interventions

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SUBMITTER: Arden-Close E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12542558 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature