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Gambling problems in the family – A stratified probability sample study of prevalence and reported consequences

BACKGROUND: Prior studies on the impact of problem gambling in the family mainly include help-seeking populations with small numbers of participants. The objective of the present stratified probability sample study was to explore the epidemiology of problem gambling in the family in the general popu...

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Autores principales: Wenzel, Hanne Gro, Øren, Anita, Bakken, Inger Johanne
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2625355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19087339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-412
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author Wenzel, Hanne Gro
Øren, Anita
Bakken, Inger Johanne
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description BACKGROUND: Prior studies on the impact of problem gambling in the family mainly include help-seeking populations with small numbers of participants. The objective of the present stratified probability sample study was to explore the epidemiology of problem gambling in the family in the general population. METHODS: Men and women 16–74 years-old randomly selected from the Norwegian national population database received an invitation to participate in this postal questionnaire study. The response rate was 36.1% (3,483/9,638). Given the lack of validated criteria, two survey questions ("Have you ever noticed that a close relative spent more and more money on gambling?" and "Have you ever experienced that a close relative lied to you about how much he/she gambles?") were extrapolated from the Lie/Bet Screen for pathological gambling. Respondents answering "yes" to both questions were defined as Concerned Significant Others (CSOs). RESULTS: Overall, 2.0% of the study population was defined as CSOs. Young age, female gender, and divorced marital status were factors positively associated with being a CSO. CSOs often reported to have experienced conflicts in the family related to gambling, worsening of the family's financial situation, and impaired mental and physical health. CONCLUSION: Problematic gambling behaviour not only affects the gambling individual but also has a strong impact on the quality of life of family members.
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spelling pubmed-26253552009-01-14 Gambling problems in the family – A stratified probability sample study of prevalence and reported consequences Wenzel, Hanne Gro Øren, Anita Bakken, Inger Johanne BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Prior studies on the impact of problem gambling in the family mainly include help-seeking populations with small numbers of participants. The objective of the present stratified probability sample study was to explore the epidemiology of problem gambling in the family in the general population. METHODS: Men and women 16–74 years-old randomly selected from the Norwegian national population database received an invitation to participate in this postal questionnaire study. The response rate was 36.1% (3,483/9,638). Given the lack of validated criteria, two survey questions ("Have you ever noticed that a close relative spent more and more money on gambling?" and "Have you ever experienced that a close relative lied to you about how much he/she gambles?") were extrapolated from the Lie/Bet Screen for pathological gambling. Respondents answering "yes" to both questions were defined as Concerned Significant Others (CSOs). RESULTS: Overall, 2.0% of the study population was defined as CSOs. Young age, female gender, and divorced marital status were factors positively associated with being a CSO. CSOs often reported to have experienced conflicts in the family related to gambling, worsening of the family's financial situation, and impaired mental and physical health. CONCLUSION: Problematic gambling behaviour not only affects the gambling individual but also has a strong impact on the quality of life of family members. BioMed Central 2008-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC2625355/ /pubmed/19087339 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-412 Text en Copyright © 2008 Wenzel et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gambling problems in the family – A stratified probability sample study of prevalence and reported consequences
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title_full_unstemmed Gambling problems in the family – A stratified probability sample study of prevalence and reported consequences
title_short Gambling problems in the family – A stratified probability sample study of prevalence and reported consequences
title_sort gambling problems in the family – a stratified probability sample study of prevalence and reported consequences
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2625355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19087339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-412
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