An observational study in Gambling, sponsored by Nantes University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-24.
Sponsored by Nantes University Hospital · Observational
The purpose of this study is to to explore the link between materialism and addiction to gambling and money
158 studies on the registry are indexed under Gambling; 42 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 144 is below the median of 213 across 23 observational studies indexed under Gambling.
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All new patients be seen by a doctor for a behavioral addiction in the addictology and psychiatric department
Inclusion Criteria: ( specific to problem gamblers)
( specific to non-problem gamblers)
Exclusion Criteria:
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The American Psychiatric Association’s manual of mental health diagnoses. DSM-5 (2013, revised as DSM-5-TR in 2022) replaced DSM-IV, and some studies still name the older edition. “Meets DSM criteria for …” means diagnosed by that edition’s diagnostic criteria, usually by a clinician in an interview.
DSM diagnostic criteria
The American Psychiatric Association’s manual of mental health diagnoses. DSM-5 (2013, revised as DSM-5-TR in 2022) replaced DSM-IV, and some studies still name the older edition. “Meets DSM criteria for …” means diagnosed by that edition’s diagnostic criteria, usually by a clinician in an interview.
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The group of problem gamblers will consist of patients already included in the cohort EVALADD \[favorable opinion of GNEDS 06/09/2012; CNIL authorization No. 912631 of 10.09.2013\], and the data will be extracted directly from the database EVALADD
Other: questionnaire
The subjects of this group will be matched on sex, age and education level with the group problem gamblers. They will be recruited over the Internet and using the volunteer base \[normal declaration with the CNIL: No. 1761543 of 21/05/2014\].
Other: questionnaire
Materialism level among problem gamblers compared to non-problem gamblers
To assess the total score of materialism by the Material Value Scale in 15 items (MVS-15), among a group of non-problem gamblers and a group of problem gamblers.
Time frame: 1 year
The record gives a start of Oct 2015, a primary completion of Apr 2016 and a completion of Apr 2016. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
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