ArticleJournal of addiction medicine
Increased incidence of cardiovascular conditions among older adults with pathological gambling features in a prospective study.
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- A systematic review of gambling-related findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2019Pooled it
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- Altered Heart Rate Variability During Mobile Game Playing and Watching Self-Mobile Gaming in Individuals with Problematic Mobile Game Use: Implications for Cardiac Health.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Smartphone Apps for Problem Gambling: A Review of Content and Quality.Current addiction reports · 2023Article
- Are Signals Regulating Energy Homeostasis Related to Neuropsychological and Clinical Features of Gambling Disorder? A Case-Control Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Public health effects of gambling - debate on a conceptual model.BMC public health · 2019Review
- Gambling disorder, increased mortality, suicidality, and associated comorbidity: A longitudinal nationwide register study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2018Article
- [Early onset substance abuse disorders and addictive diseases in old age].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2018Review
- A prospective follow-up study of younger and older subjects with pathological gambling.Psychiatry research · 2017Article
- Gambling participation and policies in Malaysia.Asian journal of gambling issues and public health · 2016Article
- Factors predicting desired autonomy in medical decisions: Risk-taking and gambling behaviors.Health psychology open · 2016Article
- The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) Waves 1 and 2: review and summary of findings.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2015Review
- Gambling disorder and other behavioral addictions: recognition and treatment.Harvard review of psychiatryReview
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the prospective associations between at-risk/problem/pathological gambling (ARPG) and incident medical conditions among older adults.
methodsSecondary data analysis of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, waves 1 and 2, collected from 2001 to 2002 and 2004 to 2005, respectively. Participants are adults aged 55 years and older (n = 10,231) who were selected from a nationally representative community sample of adults residing in the United States. Past-year diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling at wave 1 were evaluated with the Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition. Physical health conditions were assessed at wave 1 and wave 2. Logistic regression modeling was conducted on groups categorized as ARPG (participants endorsing 1 or more inclusionary criteria for pathological gambling) and non-ARPG (nongambling/low-frequency gambling or gambling without endorsement of pathological gambling criteria).
resultsRelative to non-ARPG, ARPG is prospectively associated with elevated incidences of arteriosclerosis and any heart condition, independently of wave-1 sociodemographic characteristics, psychiatric comorbidity, substance use, and body mass index.
conclusionsOlder adults who demonstrate risky or problematic levels of gambling may be at particular risk for the onset of some physical health conditions. Individuals with at-risk/problem/pathological gambling features should be monitored more closely for the development of these conditions and encouraged to adopt activities that confer health benefits. Efforts should be made to educate older adults and their caretakers on the adverse incident physical health conditions associated with ARPG.
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