Don't Go There: A Geospatial mHealth App for Gambling Disorder

Description

The goal of this project is to develop and to test the efficacy of a novel mHealth app for gambling disorder. The app capitalizes on smartphones' global positioning software (GPS) that recognizes a user's location to within 15 feet. Users will receive an alert of this go near a gambling venue. The project will conduct a 12-week pilot randomized clinical trial to test the short-term efficacy of the app with gambling disorder individuals.

Conditions

Gambling Disorder

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this project is to develop and to test the efficacy of a novel mHealth app for gambling disorder. The app capitalizes on smartphones' global positioning software (GPS) that recognizes a user's location to within 15 feet. Users will receive an alert of this go near a gambling venue. The project will conduct a 12-week pilot randomized clinical trial to test the short-term efficacy of the app with gambling disorder individuals.

Don't Go There: A Geospatial mHealth App for Gambling Disorder

Don't Go There: A Geospatial mHealth App for Gambling Disorder

Condition
Gambling Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Saint Louis

Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63108

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Currently meets DSM-5 criteria for gambling disorder
  • * At least 4 non-online gambling episodes in past 60 days
  • * Wagering at least $100 total over past 60 days
  • * Willingness to accept random assignment
  • * English speaking
  • * Android phone user
  • * Age \<18 years old
  • * Severely disruptive behavior
  • * Serious uncontrolled psychiatric behavior that requires acute psychiatric care
  • * Decline permission to collect zero permission data from smartphone.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

St. Louis University,

Jeremiah Weinstock, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, St. Louis University

Study Record Dates

2025-12