Associations Between Heavy Episodic Drinking, Drinking While Gambling, and Risky Gambling.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Understanding how patterns of drinking are associated with risky gambling in Australia is needed to inform an effective approach to minimise harm.

Methods

This cross-sectional questionnaire study reports on 2,704 subsampled participants who completed survey questions about their patterns of drinking. With logistic regressions, we examined whether frequency of heavy episodic drinking (HED) and alcohol use while gambling were associated with risky gambling while controlling for sociodemographic variables.

Results

Occasional HED and monthly HED were associated with any gambling (versus no gambling), but frequent HED was not significantly associated with gambling. The opposite pattern was found when predicting risky gambling. Occasional HED (i.e. less than mo

SUBMITTER: Smit K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10628030 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature