TY - JOUR
T1 - Sociodemographic and substance use correlates of gambling behavior in the canadian general population
AU - Martins, Silvia S.
AU - Ghandour, Lilian A.
AU - Lee, Grace P.
AU - Storr, Carla L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by a grant from the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (P.I. Martins). We thank the OPGRC for providing the consolidated provincial datasets and the respondents of the provincial surveys.
Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - This study describes sociodemographic and substance use correlates of gambling behaviors, measured among 9,481 past-year gamblers from the Canadian general population. Compared to non-problem gamblers in this study (N = 8,035), the 98 problem gamblers who scored 8 or more points on the Canadian Problem Gambling Research Index were more likely to report being drunk or high while gambling (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 8.92; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.46,14.55; p < .001), to admit to having an alcohol or drug problem (AOR: 3.80; 95% CI:2.21,6.52; p < .001), and to use electronic gambling devices (AOR: 4.85; 95% CI: 3.08-7.66; p < .001).
AB - This study describes sociodemographic and substance use correlates of gambling behaviors, measured among 9,481 past-year gamblers from the Canadian general population. Compared to non-problem gamblers in this study (N = 8,035), the 98 problem gamblers who scored 8 or more points on the Canadian Problem Gambling Research Index were more likely to report being drunk or high while gambling (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 8.92; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.46,14.55; p < .001), to admit to having an alcohol or drug problem (AOR: 3.80; 95% CI:2.21,6.52; p < .001), and to use electronic gambling devices (AOR: 4.85; 95% CI: 3.08-7.66; p < .001).
KW - Pathological gambling
KW - problem gambling
KW - sociodemographic correlates
KW - substance use
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U2 - 10.1080/10550887.2010.489447
DO - 10.1080/10550887.2010.489447
M3 - Article
C2 - 20635283
AN - SCOPUS:77954717334
SN - 1055-0887
VL - 29
SP - 338
EP - 351
JO - Journal of Addictive Diseases
JF - Journal of Addictive Diseases
IS - 3
ER -