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Paul Wicks1, Graeme J A MacPhee
1Research and Development, PatientsLikeMe Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. pwicks@patientslikeme.com
Abstract:
Pathological gambling (PG) has been identified in Parkinson's disease (PD), but such gambling behaviors may also occur in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We sought to estimate the prevalence of PG amongst members of a web-based community, PatientsLikeMe.com. A survey was constructed, consisting of demographic information, the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the K-6 measure of distress, and items related to motivation for gambling. Data were obtained from 236 ALS patients and 208 PD patients. Of the PD patients, 13% were classified as problem gamblers compared with 3% of ALS patients (chi(2) = 14.005, P
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