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KMID : 0928320180180020071
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Korean Journal of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
2018 Volume.18 No. 2 p.71 ~ p.82
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Relationship between Horse Racing Addiction and Health Status Indicators
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Na Sang-Gu
Park Young-Kyu
Choi Young-Ah
Cho Sung-Min
Lee Kyung-Shik
Seo Gang-Seok
Park Sung-Won
Kim Se-Jong
Lee Soo-Yeon
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Abstract
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Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate relationship between the horse racing addiction and the health status indicators.
Methods: Surveys were conducted with visitors of the Korea Racing Association in Gyeonggi-do, from September 1 to September 24, 2017. We used the questionnaire, which contains questions to assess the horse racing addiction, mood depression, health-related quality of life, smoking amount, alcohol dependency, etc. Survey data were analyzed through t-test, chi-square test, logistic regression analysis, and multiple regression analysis by SPSS program (IBM Corp., Chicago, IL, USA).
Results: The pathological gambling group was 47.5% (n=38) of the visitors, and they showed a different racecourse use behavior compared to the normal group. In addition, we found that the pathological gambling group had a significantly different health-related quality of life score and a depression score from the normal group, and that the addiction score and the depression score had a linear correlation.
Conclusions: Among the racecourse visitors, the ratio of the pathological gambler was considerably high, and the pathological gambling group showed different health-related quality of life score and a depression score compared to the normal group; especially, the depression score has a significant correlation with horse racing addiction. Therefore, the horse racing association and the health authorities should recognize the seriousness of the horse racing addiction, make an effort to select high risk users, and prepare a program to prevent pathological gambling.
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KEYWORD
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Horse racing, Pathological gambling, Health status indicators
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