Disability benefit and gambling disorder: a longitudinal study based on national registry data

Kolberg, E, Smith, ORF, Leino, T, Pallesen, S, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, Mentzoni, RA and Syvertsen, A, 2025. Disability benefit and gambling disorder: a longitudinal study based on national registry data. Journal of Gambling Studies. ISSN 1050-5350

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Abstract

Rates of gambling disorder (GD) have been found to be higher among people receiving disability benefit, but few studies have investigated whether receiving disability benefit prospectively actually increases the risk of GD. The present study investigated whether those with a disability benefit had an increased risk of developing GD using a case-control design. The study sample was retrieved from the Norwegian Patient Registry (NPR, N = 5,131) and consisted of all adults in Norway (18 years and older) who had received a GD diagnosis (F63.0 according to ICD-10) between 2008 and 2018. The study group was age and sex matched with a random sample from the (1) general population (FD-trygd, n = 30,164), and (2) and individuals with other somatic or psychiatric illnesses (NPR, n = 30,476). The results of logistic regression analysis showed that people receiving disability benefit had higher odds of later being diagnosed with GD compared to the general population (odds ratio [OR] = 2.27, 95% CI [2.02, 2.54]), and compared to individuals in the NPR (OR = 2.13, 95% CI [1.90, 2.38]). Recipients of disability benefit constitute a group who is vulnerable in terms of developing GD. Although the present study found evidence for a prospective association, causality could not be established. The study identified a cohort that may benefit from targeted prevention and intervention strategies regarding gambling behavior.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Gambling Studies
Creators:	Kolberg, E., Smith, O.R.F., Leino, T., Pallesen, S., Griffiths, M.D., Mentzoni, R.A. and Syvertsen, A.
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date:	18 January 2025
ISSN:	1050-5350
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s10899-024-10368-6 DOI 2347919 Other
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2024. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Borcherds
Date Added:	20 Jan 2025 11:19
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2025 11:19
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52872

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