NCT03354702

Physical Activity Pathological Gamblers

The Impact of Aerobic Physical Activity on Aspects of Impulsivity and Negative Affectivity in Pathological Gamblers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Gambling Disorder (GD) is defined as the recurrent and persistent act of betting which leads to clinical impairments,. The latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition) conceptualizes GD as a behavioral addiction due to the similarities between GD and substance addictions in clinical presentation, association with personality factors, genetic transmission and treatment options. Previous studies found potential benefits of physical activity in treatment of addictions in general and GD in particular, such as reducing desire to play, betting and depressive and anxious symptoms.

Detailed description

Detailed Description: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of regular physical activity controlled and supervised in the treatment of gambling disorder with focus on gambling severity, psychiatric comorbidity and impulsiveness. Patients will undergo physical activity either running (experimental) or stretching (control) groups,. Physical activity sessions will be lead by a physical educator., Both groups will receive treatment for psychiatric comorbidities and cognitive behavioral psychoeducation.

Conditions

• Gambling Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Aerobic	Aerobic exercise Patients performs 8 sessions of aerobic exercise (walking / running),with monitoring and 8 sessions without monitoring totaling 16 sessions and patients have medical appointment with psychiatrist and make psychotherapy sessions.
OTHER	Stretching	Stretching Patients performs 8 sessions of stretching, with monitoring and 8 sessions without monitoring totaling 16 sessions and patients have medical appointment with psychiatrist and make psychotherapy sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-12
• Primary completion: 2018-02-28
• Completion: 2018-05-20
• First posted: 2017-11-28
• Last updated: 2020-11-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil