Gambling and the COVID-19 pandemic in the province of Quebec (Canada): results from an online cross-sectional survey of people who had gambled within the last 12 months
Given the general increase in gamblers' various gambling behaviours during the pandemic, along with the observed impacts on their mental health and reluctance to seek assistance for problematic gambling, future research must explore the mental health of gamblers after COVID-19-related public health measures were eased.
Authors
- Magaly Brodeur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3856-1877)
- Sylvia Kairouz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8788-4456)
- Nathalie Carrier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9689-5416)
- Anne-Marie Auger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8499-7666)
- Sophie Audette-Chapdelaine
- Annie-Claude Savard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3483-5515)
- Marie-Ève Fortier
Institutions
- Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- Concordia University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2026-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097944
- Primary Topic
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00