Brief Report: Coronary Heart Disease: An Unknown Association to Pathological Gambling

Brief Report: Coronary Heart Disease: An Unknown Association to Pathological Gambling

Pathological gamblers (PG), because of their high level of stress, depression, and alcohol or nicotine consumption may be overexposed to coronary heart disease (CHD). To test this association, we assessed pathological gambling (DSM-IV-TR criteria and South Oaks Gambling Screen scale) among 73 patien...

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Main Authors: Germain, Candice, Vahanian, Alec, Basquin, Anne, Richoux-Benhaim, Charlotte, Embouazza, Houcine, Lejoyeux, Michel
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089998/
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spelling pubmed-30899982011-05-09 Brief Report: Coronary Heart Disease: An Unknown Association to Pathological Gambling Germain, Candice Vahanian, Alec Basquin, Anne Richoux-Benhaim, Charlotte Embouazza, Houcine Lejoyeux, Michel Psychiatry Pathological gamblers (PG), because of their high level of stress, depression, and alcohol or nicotine consumption may be overexposed to coronary heart disease (CHD). To test this association, we assessed pathological gambling (DSM-IV-TR criteria and South Oaks Gambling Screen scale) among 73 patients hospitalized in cardiology for CHD and 61 in-patients from the same department hospitalized for a non-coronary disorder. We found six cases of PG (8.2%) and one case of problem gambling in the CHD group versus no case in the non-coronary group (p = 0.01). Pathological gambling was not associated to a higher level of alcohol or nicotine consumption neither to a higher level of sensation-seeking. Frontiers Research Foundation 2011-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3089998/ /pubmed/21556281 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00011 Text en Copyright © 2011 Germain, Vahanian, Basquin, Richoux-Benhaim, Embouazza and Lejoyeux. http://www.frontiersin.org/licenseagreement This is an open-access article subject to an exclusive license agreement between the authors and Frontiers Media SA, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited.
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author Germain, Candice
Vahanian, Alec
Basquin, Anne
Richoux-Benhaim, Charlotte
Embouazza, Houcine
Lejoyeux, Michel
spellingShingle Germain, Candice
Vahanian, Alec
Basquin, Anne
Richoux-Benhaim, Charlotte
Embouazza, Houcine
Lejoyeux, Michel
Brief Report: Coronary Heart Disease: An Unknown Association to Pathological Gambling
author_facet Germain, Candice
Vahanian, Alec
Basquin, Anne
Richoux-Benhaim, Charlotte
Embouazza, Houcine
Lejoyeux, Michel
author_sort Germain, Candice
title Brief Report: Coronary Heart Disease: An Unknown Association to Pathological Gambling
title_short Brief Report: Coronary Heart Disease: An Unknown Association to Pathological Gambling
title_full Brief Report: Coronary Heart Disease: An Unknown Association to Pathological Gambling
title_fullStr Brief Report: Coronary Heart Disease: An Unknown Association to Pathological Gambling
title_full_unstemmed Brief Report: Coronary Heart Disease: An Unknown Association to Pathological Gambling
title_sort brief report: coronary heart disease: an unknown association to pathological gambling
description Pathological gamblers (PG), because of their high level of stress, depression, and alcohol or nicotine consumption may be overexposed to coronary heart disease (CHD). To test this association, we assessed pathological gambling (DSM-IV-TR criteria and South Oaks Gambling Screen scale) among 73 patients hospitalized in cardiology for CHD and 61 in-patients from the same department hospitalized for a non-coronary disorder. We found six cases of PG (8.2%) and one case of problem gambling in the CHD group versus no case in the non-coronary group (p = 0.01). Pathological gambling was not associated to a higher level of alcohol or nicotine consumption neither to a higher level of sensation-seeking.
publisher Frontiers Research Foundation
publishDate 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089998/
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