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ArticleJournal of gambling studies2017

Gambling Disorder: Exploring Pre-treatment and In-treatment Dropout Predictors. A UK Study.

Silvia Ronzitti, Emiliano Soldini, Neil Smith, Massimo Clerici, Henrietta Bowden-Jones

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Article in Journal of gambling studies, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dropout from face-to-face, multi-session psychological treatments for problem and disordered gambling: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Silvia RonzittiNPGC, National Problem Gambling Clinic, Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. silvia.ronzitti@yale.edu.
Emiliano SoldiniMethodology and Statistics Laboratory (LABStat), Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland.
Neil SmithNPGC, National Problem Gambling Clinic, Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Massimo ClericiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Henrietta Bowden-JonesNPGC, National Problem Gambling Clinic, Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust · GBImperial College London · GBUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland · CHUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify predictors of treatment dropout in a sample of gamblers attending a specialist clinic for gambling disorder. We analysed data on 846 treatment-seeking pathological gamblers. Firstly, we investigated differences in socio-demographic and clinical variables between treatment completers and pre-treatment dropouts, as well as between treatment completers and during-treatment dropouts. Subsequently, variables were entered into a multinomial logistic regression model to identify significant predictors of pre-treatment and in-treatment dropout. Overall, 44.8% of clients did not complete the treatment: 27.4% dropped out before starting it, while 17.4% dropped out during the treatment. Younger age and use of drugs were associated with pre-treatment dropout, while family history of gambling disorder, a lower PGSI score, and being a smoker were related with in-treatment dropout. Our findings suggest that pre-treatment dropouts differ from in-treatment dropouts, and, thus, further research will benefit from considering these groups separately. In addition, this newly gained knowledge will also be helpful in increasing treatment retention in specific subgroups of problem gamblers.

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AdultBehavior, AddictiveFemaleGamblingHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPatient DropoutsSelf ReportSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited KingdomDropout predictorsGambling disorderPathological gamblingTreatment dropoutTreatment outcome

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