Table 3.
Psychiatric antecedents of older adults presenting Gambling Disorder (GD) in Brazil and United States (US).
| Variables | BRAZIL n=89 | US n=81 |
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| Coefficient | P | |||
| • ANY PAST PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER | 37 (41.6%) | 34 (42%) | x2=0.003 | .958 |
| - Alcohol-use disorder | 6 (6.7%) | 13 (16%) | x2=3.701 | .054 |
| - Substance-use disorder | 3 (3,4%) | 5 (6,2%) | x2=0.742 | .481* |
| - Major depressive disorder | 30 (33.7%) | 16 (19.8%) | x2=4.184 | .041 |
| - Any anxiety disorder | 10 (11.2%) | 6 (7.4%) | x2=0.729 | .393 |
| - Any other diagnosis | 3 (3,4%) | 4 (4,9%) | x2=0.264 | .710* |
| • PAST REPETITIVE RISK BEHAVIOUR (excessive sex, excessive buying or stealing) | 0 (0%) | 7 (8.6%) | x2=8.022 | .005* |
*
Due to the low number of subjects in this variable, Fisher's exact test was used for a more rigorous comparison.