Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Psychiatry Res. 2013 Dec 15;210(2):607-11. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.06.017. Epub 2013 Jul 11.
This study examined the prevalence rates of problem gambling among older adults in Singapore. A stratified sampling method was used to select the nationally representative sample of 3010 older adults aged 55 years and above. The survey participants were of varying ethnicities living in the community, including Chinese, Malay, and Indian (and others). A structured questionnaire, including the Canadian Problem Gambling Index, gambling attitudes and behaviors, and demographic information was administered face-to-face at participants' homes, using one of the four language versions preferred by the participants. Among those who had gambled lifetime, 69.7% (or weighted population = 39.2%) gambled in the past 12 months and 2.2% (or weighted population = .9%) met the problem gambling criteria. Individuals with problem gambling were likely to have started gambling at an younger age and to have gambled in activities characterized by continuity and no set money limits. Future research should examine changes in gambling behaviors of older adults over time in non-Western societies.
本研究调查了新加坡老年人中存在赌博问题的流行率。采用分层抽样方法，从年龄在 55 岁及以上的 3010 名具有代表性的老年人中抽取样本。调查参与者包括居住在社区中的不同族裔的老年人，包括华人、马来人和印度人（及其他族裔）。使用参与者偏爱的四种语言版本之一，在参与者的家中进行面对面调查，使用包括加拿大赌博问题指数、赌博态度和行为以及人口统计信息的结构化问卷。在那些有过终生赌博经历的人中，69.7%（或加权人口=39.2%）在过去 12 个月内赌博过，2.2%（或加权人口=0.9%）符合赌博问题的标准。有赌博问题的人更有可能在年轻时开始赌博，并且参与的活动具有连续性且没有固定的金额限制。未来的研究应该在非西方社会中，研究老年人的赌博行为随时间的变化。
