Département de médecine de famille et de médecine d'urgence, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Département de médecine de famille et de médecine d'urgence, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
BMJ Open. 2021 Sep 13;11(9):e048785. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048785.
The COVID-19 pandemic has major collateral impacts on mental health. Gambling is among the major public health issues that seems to have been transformed by the pandemic. In the province of Quebec in Canada, gambling is an important leisure activity. About two out of three adults are in Quebec gamble. The objective of this study is to draw a portrait of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on gamblers and to learn more about their experiences during the pandemic in the province of Quebec.
This study has a sequential explanatory mixed-method design in two phases. The first phase is a cross-sectional online survey with Quebec residents who are 18 years of age or older and have gambled at least once in the previous 12 months. The second phase will be a qualitative study. Semistructured interviews will be conducted with gamblers, family members, addiction counsellors and state representatives selected through purposing sampling.
This study is one of the first mixed-methods studies on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on gambling. This study will generate new scientific knowledge on a worrisome public health issue, that is, gambling, and provide a better understanding of the experiences and gambling behaviours of gamblers during the pandemic. This study is funded by the Ministry of Health and Social Services of the Government of Quebec and was approved on 27 October 2020 by the Scientific and Research Ethics Committee of the CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS. This is a 2-year study that will be completed in June 2022.
COVID-19 大流行对心理健康造成了重大的附带影响。赌博是受大流行影响似乎发生转变的主要公共卫生问题之一。在加拿大魁北克省，赌博是一项重要的休闲活动。大约三分之二的成年人在魁北克赌博。本研究的目的是描绘 COVID-19 大流行对赌徒的影响，并更多地了解他们在魁北克省大流行期间的经历。
本研究采用两阶段顺序解释性混合方法设计。第一阶段是一项横断面在线调查，对象为年龄在 18 岁或以上且在过去 12 个月内至少赌博过一次的魁北克居民。第二阶段将是一项定性研究。通过目的抽样选择赌徒、家庭成员、成瘾顾问和州代表进行半结构化访谈。
本研究是关于 COVID-19 大流行对赌博影响的首批混合方法研究之一。这项研究将产生关于令人担忧的公共卫生问题——赌博的新科学知识，并更好地了解赌徒在大流行期间的经历和赌博行为。这项研究由魁北克省政府卫生和社会服务部资助，并于 2020 年 10 月 27 日由 CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS 科学和研究伦理委员会批准。这是一项为期 2 年的研究，将于 2022 年 6 月完成。
