Ethnicity as a risk factor for gambling disorder: a large-scale study linking data from the Norwegian patient registry with the Norwegian social insurance database

Abstract Background The study investigated ethnicity as a risk factor for gambling disorder (GD), controlling for demographics, citizenship, and years of residency in Norway. Methods The sample comprised 65,771 individuals from a national patient registry (n = 35,607, age range 18–88 years) and a na...

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Main Authors: Sarah Helene Aarestad, Eilin Kristine Erevik, Otto Robert Frans Smith, Mark D. Griffiths, Tony Mathias Leino, Rune Aune Mentzoni, Ståle Pallesen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-10-01
Series:BMC Psychology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01391-0