The coronavirus pandemic affected the life of those suffering from addictive behaviors often confined to pro- longed periods of self-isolation. To explore the variation of symptoms related to gambling, 46 outpatients of the mental health services in the Trento Province were invited to take part in a phone interview at the start of the national lockdown. Although only 2.17% increased gambling activity during this period, half of the sample (50.00%) experienced irritability, mood fluctuation (43.48%) and anxiety (39.13%). Follow-up studies should assess modifications in their behaviors that occurred after the reopening of gambling venues.
Gambling at the time of COVID-19: Results from interviews in an Italian sample of gamblers / Cataldo, Ilaria; Casonato, Eleonora; Levari, Ermelinda; Negri, Attilio; Simonato, Pierluigi; Tomasi, Giulia; Branz, Giovanna; Coppola, Aurora; Gianfranceschi, Pietro; Leoni, Eva; Mistretta, Pietro; Stefani, Martina; Vanzetta, Miriam; Franceschini, Anna; Esposito, Gianluca; Corazza, Ornella. - In: EMERGING TRENDS IN DRUGS, ADDICTIONS, AND HEALTH. - ISSN 2667-1182. - 2:(2022), p. 100032. [10.1016/j.etdah.2022.100032]
Gambling at the time of COVID-19: Results from interviews in an Italian sample of gamblers
Cataldo, Ilaria;Coppola, Aurora;Stefani, Martina;Vanzetta, Miriam;Esposito, Gianluca;Corazza, Ornella
2022-01-01
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The coronavirus pandemic affected the life of those suffering from addictive behaviors often confined to pro- longed periods of self-isolation. To explore the variation of symptoms related to gambling, 46 outpatients of the mental health services in the Trento Province were invited to take part in a phone interview at the start of the national lockdown. Although only 2.17% increased gambling activity during this period, half of the sample (50.00%) experienced irritability, mood fluctuation (43.48%) and anxiety (39.13%). Follow-up studies should assess modifications in their behaviors that occurred after the reopening of gambling venues.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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