Feasibility and results of a pilot online survey to examine prevalence of gambling and problem gambling among Swedish substance abuse inpatients in compulsory care

Figures & data

Table 1. Gender distribution, mean age, and reasons for compulsory care.

	Total	Men	Women
Gender distribution (%)	21	12 (57.1%)	9 (42,9%)
Mean age (SD)	30.1^a (7.0)	31.5 (9.0)	28.3 (3.3)
Reasons for compulsory care (%)
Use of illicit drugs	14 (66.7%)	10 (71.4%)	4 (28.6%)
Use of alcohol, pharmaceuticals, and illicit drugs	7 (33.3%)	2 (28.6%)	5 (71.4%)

^a Range was 20–44 years of age.

Table 2. Characteristics of the participants that had gambled.

	Total (%)
No risk	2 (16.7)
Low risk	3 (25)
At-risk	3 (25)
Problem gambling	4 (33.3)
Individuals that reported having used responsible gambling strategies	9
Individuals that reported having sought treatment	–

Data availability statement

The data used in this study will not be made available due to the small number of participants included because of the risk of being able to identify individual data. Upon request, additional analyses can be carried out by the first author.