Status:
RECRUITING
Effects of Positive Psychological Group Psychotherapy and Auricular Acupressure on Withdrawal Symptoms
Lead Sponsor:
Inha University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Research Foundation of Korea
Conditions:
Gambling
Eligibility:
All Genders
19+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Objective The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of auricular acupressure and group counseling with positive psychology on gambling severity, withdrawal symptoms, and dopamine. Methods T...
Detailed Description
1. Introduction The prevalence of gambling addiction is 4% in the U.S., 5.1% in South Korea. Furthermore gambling addiction causes more than 25 trillion in economic deficit annually, suicide and depre...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- \[For first-year\]:
- gamblers who - are more than 19 years old
- \- had a total gambling period of more than six months
- gambled within a month
- wanted to quit gambling
- had eight or more PGSI(Problem Gambling Severity Index) scores
- had no ear infections
- were not allergic to copper or aluminum
- willing to complete questionnaires
- agreed to extract blood
- non-gamblers who
- were over the age of 19
- willing to complete questionnaires
- agreed to extract blood
- got zero or received the lowest scores on alcoholism, smartphone addiction, game addiction, and gambling addiction tests
- had never smoked
- never been blacked out in their lives
- had negative outcome in cotinine urine tests
- had no medical or psychological diagnosis
- no medication for therapeutic purposes
Exclusion
- gamblers who - were pregnant - had experiences in taking drugs, including marijuana.
- non-gamblers who
- were pregnant
- had taken painkillers in recent a week prior to blood testing
- had experiences in taking drugs, including marijuana
- \[For second and third year\]:
- Inclusion Criteria:
- 1\. gamblers
- \- will be the same as those in the first year of the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 13 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
February 28 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
240 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05241041
Start Date
September 13 2021
End Date
February 28 2026
Last Update
February 15 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Inha University Hospital
Incheon, South Korea