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Table 3 Patients wanting help with specific issue

From: Primary care patients reporting concerns about their gambling frequently have other co-occurring lifestyle and mental health issues

 

Yes, today

Yes but not today

Yes, either today or later

  
 

aAll N (%)

bG n (%)

aAll N (%)

bG n (%)

aAll N (%)

bG n (%)

cχ2

p

Smoking

68 (3)

6 (8)

119 (5)

11 (14)

187 (7)

17 (22)

21.4

<0.001

Alcohol

10 (0.4)

1 (1)

19 (0.7)

0 (0)

29 (1)

1 (1)

Fishers exact

0.604

Other drugs

8 (0.3)

1 (1)

9 (0.4)

1 (1)

17 (0.7)

2 (4)

Fishers exact

0.110

Gambling

5 (0.2)

5 (6)

6 (0.2)

6 (8)

11 (0.7)

11 (14)

167.3

<0.001

Depression

144 (6)

7 (9)

146 (6)

9 (11)

270 (11)

16 (20)

7.3

0.007

Anxiety

149 (6)

10 (13)

139 (5)

9 (11)

288 (11)

19 (24)

11.9

<0.001

Abuse

23 (1)

1 (1)

22 (1)

2 (3)

46 (2)

3 (3)

Fishers exact

0.182

Anger

28 (1)

2 (2)

50 (2)

3 (4)

78 (3)

5 (6)

Fishers exact

0.103

Exercise

28 (1)

0 (0)

57 (2)

1 (1)

85 (3)

1 (1)

Fishers exact

0.259

Weight

73 (3)

6 (8)

105 (4)

9 (11)

178 (7)

15 (19)

16.1

<0.001

  1. a All = total number of screened patients, N = 2356
  2. b G = patients expressing concern about their gambling behaviour, n = 79
  3. c Significance of difference between all screened patients and those expressing concern about gambling wanting help either immediately or later.
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