Sleep and Gambling Severity in a Community Sample of Gamblers
| Autor: | Richard J. Rosenthal, Aaron Siani, Michael Collard, Iman Parhami, Timothy W. Fong, Stephanie Lin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Sleep Wake Disorders medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Population Medicine (miscellaneous) Article Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Surveys and Questionnaires Insomnia medicine Humans education Psychiatry Pathological Analysis of Variance education.field_of_study Chi-Square Distribution Epworth Sleepiness Scale General Medicine Middle Aged Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Gambling Female medicine.symptom Psychology Chi-squared distribution |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Addictive Diseases. 31:67-79 |
| ISSN: | 1545-0848 1055-0887 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10550887.2011.642754 |
| Popis: | Although sleep has been extensively studied in substance related disorders, it has yet to be examined as thoroughly in gambling-related disorders. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between gambling severity and sleep disturbances in a sample of non-treatment seeking gamblers (N = 96) using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Mean ESS scores for recreational, problem, and pathological gamblers were 4.13, 5.81, and 8.69, respectively, with a significant difference between pathological gamblers and both problem (P = .007) and recreational gamblers (P < .001). Mean PSQI scores for recreational, problem, and pathological gamblers were 3.35, 5.30, and 5.44, respectively, with a significant difference in sleep quality between recreational and problem gamblers (P = .018), as well as recreational and pathological gamblers (P = .008). As the first study to use objective sleep measures, these findings will not only increase awareness of this relationship, but also provide a foundation on which others can investigate the benefits of screening and adjunct treatment for sleep disorders in the gambling population. |
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