Research Article
Early Detection of Pathological Gambling: Betting on GPs’ Beliefs and Attitudes
Table 3
Participants attitudes towards excessive gambling.
| | Total sample () | (%) |
| | Do you screen for excessive gambling | | | Systematically | 0 (0) | | Often | 5 (7.0) | | Rarely | 25 (35.2) | | Never | 22 (31.1) | | I do not know | 1 (1.4) | | Missing | 18 (25.4) | | Do you screen for indebtedness | | | Systematically | 1 (1.4) | | Often | 24 (33.8) | | Rarely | 24 (33.8) | | Never | 6 (8.5) | | I do not know | 2 (2.8) | | Missing | 14 (19.7) | | Your attitude towards excessive gambling is | | | I refer to specialist | 37 (52.1) | | I treat it | 5 (7.0) | | I do not do anything | 2 (2.8) | | I do not know | 22 (31.8) | | Missing | 5 (7.0) | | Your attitude towards indebtedness is | | | I refer to specialist | 34 (47.9) | | I treat it | 15 (21.1) | | I do not do nothing | 3 (4.2) | | I do not know | 7 (9.9) | | Missing | 12 (16.9) | | The best management of excessive gamblers is in referral to | | | Specialized multidisciplinary centers (doctors, psychologists, and social workers) | 57 (80.3) | | Private psychiatrists | 2 (2.8) | | General practitioners | 3 (4.2) | | Social services | 1 (1.4) | | Other | 3 (4.2) | | I do not know | 2 (2.8) | | Missing | 3 (4.2) |
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