Sharman Steve, Roberts Amanda, Bowden-Jones Henrietta, Strang John
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom.
School of Psychology, University of East London, London, United Kingdom.
Front Psychiatry. 2021 Jan 25;12:621497. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.621497. eCollection 2021.
To combat the spread of COVID-19, the UK Government implemented a range of "lockdown" measures. Lockdown has necessarily changed the gambling habits of gamblers in the UK, and the impact of these measures on the mental health of gamblers is unknown. To understand the impact of lockdown on gamblers, in April 2020, after ~6 weeks of lockdown, participants ( = 1,028, 72% female) completed an online questionnaire. Gambling engagement data was collected for pre-lockdown via the Brief Problem Gambling Screen (BPGS) allowing participants to be classified as Non-Gamblers (NG), Non-Problem Gamblers (NPG) or Potential Problem Gamblers (PPG). The Depression, Stress, and Anxiety Scale (DASS21) was used to measure depression, stress, and anxiety scores both pre- and during-lockdown. Results indicate that depression, stress and anxiety has increased across the whole sample. Participants classified in the PPG group reported higher scores on each sub scale at both baseline and during lockdown. Increases were observed on each DASS21 subscale, for each gambler group, however despite variable significance and effect sizes, the magnitude of increases did not differ between groups. Lockdown has had a significant impact on mental health of participants; whilst depression stress and anxiety remain highest in potential problem gamblers, pre-lockdown gambler status did not affect changes in DASS21 scores.
为抗击新冠病毒（COVID-19）的传播，英国政府实施了一系列“封锁”措施。封锁必然改变了英国赌徒的赌博习惯，而这些措施对赌徒心理健康的影响尚不清楚。为了解封锁对赌徒的影响，2020年4月，在封锁约6周后，参与者（n = 1028，72%为女性）完成了一份在线问卷。通过简短问题赌博筛查量表（BPGS）收集封锁前的赌博参与数据，据此可将参与者分为非赌徒（NG）、无问题赌徒（NPG）或潜在问题赌徒（PPG）。使用抑郁、压力和焦虑量表（DASS21）测量封锁前及封锁期间的抑郁、压力和焦虑得分。结果表明，整个样本的抑郁、压力和焦虑水平均有所上升。被归类为PPG组的参与者在基线和封锁期间各子量表上的得分均较高。每个赌徒群体的DASS21各子量表得分均有增加，然而，尽管显著性和效应大小存在差异，但各组得分增加的幅度并无不同。封锁对参与者的心理健康产生了重大影响；虽然潜在问题赌徒的抑郁、压力和焦虑水平仍然最高，但封锁前的赌徒状态并未影响DASS21得分的变化。
