Gambling at the time of COVID-19: results from interviews in an Italian sample of gamblers

Cataldo, Ilaria, Casonato, Eleonora, Levari, Ermelinda, Negri, Attilio, Simonatoc, Pierluigi, Tomasi, Giulia, Branz, Giovanna, Coppola, Aurora, Gianfranceschi, Pietro, Leoni, Eva, Mistretta, Pietro, Stefani, Martina, Vanzetta, Miriam, Franceschini, Anna, Esposito, Gianluca and Corazza, Ornella (2022) Gambling at the time of COVID-19: results from interviews in an Italian sample of gamblers. Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions and Health, 2: 100032. ISSN 2667-1182

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The coronavirus pandemic affected the life of those suffering from addic- tive behaviors often confined to prolonged 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.

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