Study protocol: The JEU cohort study – transversal multiaxial evaluation and 5-year follow-up of a cohort of French gamblers
BMC Psychiatry. 2014-08-20; 14(1):
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0226-7
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1. BMC Psychiatry. 2014 Aug 20;14:226. doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0226-7.
Study protocol: the JEU cohort study–transversal multiaxial evaluation and
5-year follow-up of a cohort of French gamblers.
Challet-Bouju G(1), Hardouin JB, Vénisse JL, Romo L, Valleur M, Magalon D,
Fatséas M, Chéreau-Boudet I, Gorsane MA; JEU Group, Grall-Bronnec M.
Collaborators: Grall-Bronnec M, Challet-Bouju G, Vénisse JL, Romo L, Legauffre C,
Dubertret C, Codina I, Valleur M, Lançon C, Magalon D, Auriacombe M, Fatséas M,
Alexandre JM, Llorca PM, Chéreau-Boudet I, Reynaud M, Gorsane MA.
Author information:
(1)Clinical Investigation Unit BALANCED « BehaviorAL AddictioNs and ComplEx mood
Disorders », Department of Addictology and Psychiatry, University Hospital of
Nantes, 85 rue de Saint Jacques, Nantes Cedex 1, 44093, France.
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BACKGROUND: There is abundant literature on how to distinguish problem gambling
(PG) from social gambling, but there are very few studies of the long-term
evolution of gambling practice. As a consequence, the correlates of key state
changes in the gambling trajectory are still unknown. The objective of the JEU
cohort study is to identify the determinants of key state changes in the gambling
practice, such as the emergence of a gambling problem, natural recovery from a
gambling problem, resolution of a gambling problem with intermediate care
intervention, relapses or care recourse.
METHODS/DESIGN: The present study was designed to overcome the limitations of
previous cohort study on PG. Indeed, this longitudinal case-control cohort is the
first which plans to recruit enough participants from different initial gambling
severity levels to observe these rare changes. In particular, we plan to recruit
three groups of gamblers: non-problem gamblers, problem gamblers without
treatment and problem gamblers seeking treatment.Recruitment takes place in
various gambling places, through the press and in care centers. Cohort
participants are gamblers of both sexes who reported gambling on at least one
occasion in the previous year and who were aged between 18 and 65. They were
assessed through a structured clinical interview and self-assessment
questionnaires at baseline and then once a year for five years. Data collection
comprises sociodemographic characteristics, gambling habits (including gambling
trajectory), the PG section of the DSM-IV, the South Oaks Gambling Screen, the
Gambling Attitudes and Beliefs Survey – 23, the Mini International
Neuropsychiatric Interview, the Wender-Utah Rating Scale-Child, the Adult ADHD
Self-report Scale, somatic comorbidities (especially current treatment and
Parkinson disease) and the Temperament and Character Inventory – 125.
DISCUSSION: The JEU cohort study is the first study which proposes to identify
the predictive factors of key state changes in gambling practice. This is the
first case-control cohort on gambling which mixes non-problem gamblers, problem
gamblers without treatment and problem gamblers seeking treatment in almost equal
proportions. This work may help providing a fresh perspective on the etiology of
pathological gambling, which may provide support for future research, care and
preventive actions.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: (ClinicalTrials.gov): NCT01207674.
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0226-7
PMCID: PMC4147162
PMID: 25141820 [Indexed for MEDLINE]