Research Clinic on Gambling Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital, Universitetsbyen 4, 1st floor, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, Universitetsbyen 21 & 23, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
J Gambl Stud. 2023 Jun;39(2):883-911. doi: 10.1007/s10899-022-10126-6. Epub 2022 Aug 24.
Gambling possess both entertaining and potentially harmful aspects. It remains a challenge for public health authorities and gambling operators to recommend and implement effective evidence-based interventions to reduce gambling-related harm and prevent problematic gambling behavior. This systematic review examined studies on randomized controlled trials in this field, aiming to describe and evaluate the effect of preventive and harm-reducing interventions for online gambling and electronic gaming machines. A systematic literature search was performed in PsycINFO, PubMed, Embase, and SCOPUS. Study selection, risk of bias assessment, and data extraction were conducted by two reviewers independently, and a synthesis was performed. A total of 18 studies were included, of which the majority were limited by quality issues. The applied interventions focused on restraining gambling, providing feedback, delivering therapeutic and informative content, and priming analytical thinking. The studies varied greatly in terms of specific intervention content, study setting, participants, and outcome measures, and no consistent patterns could be detected between study characteristics and related effects. Although research in the field is growing, there is still a need for further methodologically rigorous investigation and consensus on outcome measures sensitive to effects of preventive and harm-reducing interventions.
赌博既有娱乐性,也可能带来危害。对于公共卫生部门和博彩运营商来说,推荐和实施有效的基于证据的干预措施,以减少赌博相关的伤害和预防问题性赌博行为,仍然是一项挑战。本系统评价研究了该领域的随机对照试验,旨在描述和评估预防和减少在线赌博和电子游戏机器危害的干预措施的效果。在 PsycINFO、PubMed、Embase 和 SCOPUS 中进行了系统的文献检索。两名评审员独立进行了研究选择、偏倚风险评估和数据提取,并进行了综合分析。共纳入 18 项研究,其中大多数受到质量问题的限制。应用的干预措施侧重于限制赌博、提供反馈、传递治疗和信息内容以及激发分析思维。这些研究在具体干预内容、研究环境、参与者和结果测量方面差异很大,并且在研究特征和相关效果之间没有发现一致的模式。尽管该领域的研究正在不断增加,但仍需要进一步进行方法严谨的调查,并就预防和减少危害干预措施的敏感结果达成共识。