Heart Rate Increase to Alcohol Administration and Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) Play Among Regular VLT Players
| Autor: | Pamela Collins, Sherry H. Stewart, Mike Ellery, Raymond M. Klein, James R. Blackburn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Alcohol Drinking Medicine (miscellaneous) Hemodynamics Alcohol Alcohol use disorder chemistry.chemical_compound Video lottery terminal Heart Rate Internal medicine Heart rate Blood alcohol medicine Humans Analysis of Variance medicine.disease Comorbidity Surgery Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Nova Scotia chemistry Computer Terminals Gambling Cardiology Female Alcohol intake Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 19:94-98 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1501 0893-164X |
| DOI: | 10.1037/0893-164x.19.1.94 |
| Popis: | The authors examined heart rate responses to video lottery terminal (VLT) play and alcohol intake. Forty-four VLT players were randomized to an alcohol (mean blood alcohol concentration=0.06%) or a control beverage condition. Heart rate was recorded at pre- and postdrinking baseline and during VLT play. Alcohol participants displayed elevated heart rates relative to controls at postdrinking and VLT play. Controls displayed elevated heart rates during VLT play relative to both pre- and postdrinking baselines, whereas alcohol participants displayed elevations at post- relative to predrinking and at VLT play relative to postdrinking. Heart rate increases from predrinking to VLT play were greater among alcohol participants relative to controls. Results provide novel information that the combination of VLT play and alcohol further intensifies heart rate increase relative to either alone. Implications for pathological gambling and alcohol use disorder comorbidity are discussed. |
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