A randomized controlled trial of a personalized feedback intervention for problem gamblers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personalized feedback is a promising self-help for problem gamblers. Such interventions have shown consistently positive results with other addictive behaviours, and our own pilot test of personalized normative feedback materials for gamblers yielded positive findings. The current randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness, and the sustained efficacy, of the personalized feedback intervention materials for problem gamblers.

Methodology/principal findings

Respondents recruited by a general population telephone screener of Ontario adults included gamblers with moderate and severe gambling problems. Those who agreed to participate were randomly assigned to receive: 1) the full personalized normative feedback intervention; 2) a partial feedback that conta

SUBMITTER: Cunningham JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3279405 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature