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Table 4 Association between the correlates and past-year gambling problems among patients treated at the outpatient clinics

From: Past-year gambling behaviour among patients receiving opioid substitution treatment

 

Gambling problem* n (%)

No gambling problems n (%)

Significance

Odds ratio

Gender

  

p = 0.606

 

 Males

8 (14.8)

79 (85.2)

 

1.37

 Females

10 (11.2)

46 (88.8)

 

a

Age

  

p = 0.803

 

 <35 years

8 (11.4)

62 (88.6)

 

a

 ≥35 years

10 (13.5)

64 (86.5)

 

1.21

Treatment medication

  

p = 0.322

 

 Methadone

11 (15.5)

60 (84.5)

 

1.73

 Buprenorphine-naloxone

7 (9.6)

66 (90.4)

 

a

Treatment program

  

p = 0.363

 

 Rehabilitative

16 (14.3)

96 (85.7)

 

2.50

 Harm reduction

2 (6.2)

30 (93.8)

 

a

Treatment combination

  

p = 0.112

 

 Rehabilitative with methadone

10 (21.3)

37 (78.7)

 

4.05

 Rehabilitative with buprenorphine-naloxone

6 (9.2)

59 (90.8)

 

1.53

 Harm reduction with either medication

2 (6.2)

30 (93.8)

 

a

  1. The data (n = 144); *BBGS = 1+, Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen: one or more positive answers (yes) indicated potential past-year gambling problems; Significance is determined by Fischer’s exact test; Odds Ratio is calculated separately for each variable; a, reference group.