Table 4.
Descriptive statistics of ecological momentary assessment outcome variables (n=22).
| Variable | One-week baseline period | Four-week intervention period | Total | |
| Gambling episodes, n (%) | ||||
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No | 304 (86.1) | 835 (93.6) | 1139 (91.5) |
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Yes | 49 (13.9) | 57 (6.4) | 106 (8.5) |
| Gambling episode win or loss status, n (%) | ||||
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Win | 10 (20.4) | 8 (14.0) | 18 (17.0) |
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Loss | 33 (67.3) | 42 (73.7) | 75 (70.7) |
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Broke even | 6 (12.2) | 7 (12.3) | 13 (12.3) |
| Gambling episode win amount, Aus $ (US $), n (%) | ||||
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1-150 (0.70-115.6) | 6 (60.0) | 2 (25.0) | 8 (44.4) |
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151-500 (116.4-385.3) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (25.0) | 4 (22.2) |
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501-1000 (386.1-770.6) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (37.5) | 4 (22.2) |
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1001-7500 (771.3-5779.2) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (11.1) |
| Gambling episode loss amount, Aus $ (US $), n (%) | ||||
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1-150 (0.70-115.6) | 9 (27.3) | 12 (28.6) | 21 (28.0) |
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151-500 (116.4-385.3) | 15 (45.4) | 7 (16.7) | 22 (29.3) |
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501-1000 (386.1-770.6) | 5 (15.2) | 15 (35.7) | 20 (26.7) |
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1001-7500 (771.3-5779.2) | 4 (12.1) | 8 (19.0) | 12 (16.0) |
| Craving occurrences, n (%) | ||||
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No | 274 (77.6) | 805 (90.2) | 1079 (86.7) |
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Yes | 79 (22.4) | 87 (9.8) | 166 (13.3) |
| Craving intensitya, mean (SD) | 6.35 (3) | 6.59 (3) | 6.47 (3) | |
| Craving frequencyb, mean (SD) | 4.22 (9) | 5.39 (16) | 4.78 (13) | |
| Craving duration (min)c, mean (SD) | 36.64 (59) | 50.65 (79) | 43.36 (70) | |
| Subjective control over cravingsa, mean (SD) | 5.96 (4) | 5.95 (4) | 5.96 (4) | |
| Craving self-efficacya, mean (SD) | 5.85 (3) | 6.63 (3) | 6.41 (3) | |
| Gambling self-efficacya, mean (SD) | 4.82 (3) | 5.71 (3) | 5.46 (3) | |
aRange 0-10 on a Visual Analogue Scale.
bRange 1-180 craving occurrences.
cRange 0-480 minutes.