This study will test the effects of an add-on mindfulness intervention for patients with gambling problems, added to treatment as usual, compared to a waitlist control condition. The study will primarily aim to decrease gambling behaviour compared to the control condition which receives the intervention later, after two months, and secondarily to decrease symptoms of depressive and anxiety symptoms. In addition, patients who have undergone the mindfulness intervention will be offered participation in a qualitative interview study aiming to deepen the understanding of feasibility and challenges of a mindfulness add-on intervention against gambling problems.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Weekly group sessions of mindfulness, for eight weeks
Malmö Addiction Center
Malmo, Sweden
RECRUITINGChange in past 30-day gambling (NODS 30 days)
Change in the number of criteria met according to a diagnostic tool for gambling disorder, but measuring the past 30 days at baseline and at post-treatment, and 3 and 12 months post-treatment
Time frame: Post-treatment (treatment completion) and 3 and 12 months after end of treatment
Change in past-2-week depressive symptoms
Change in scores on Patient Health Questionnaire-9, a well-recognised instrument measuring past-2-week depressive symptoms
Time frame: Post-treatment (treatment completion) and 3 and 12 months after end of treatment
Change in past-2-week anxiety symptoms
Change in scores on Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7, a well-recognised instrument measuring past-2-week anxiety symptoms
Time frame: Post-treatment (treatment completion) and 3 and 12 months after end of treatment
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