Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 34-37, January 2005

Quality of life in kleptomania and pathological gambling

  • Jon E. Grant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Brown Medical School/Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 401 455 6391; fax: +1 401 455 6539.
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  • Suck Won Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, USA

Abstract 

The current study was constructed to examine the similarities and differences in the quality of life of patients with kleptomania and pathological gambling (PG). Thirty patients with kleptomania, 43 with PG, and 30 normal control subjects were assessed with the Quality of Life Inventory that assesses self-reported satisfaction with life. Both patients with kleptomania and PG had significantly lower quality of life scores than normal control subjects (t = 7.32; df = 58; P < .001; t = 7.32; df = 71; P < .001, respectively). These results suggest that patients with kleptomania and pathological gamblers have notably poor quality of life.

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PII: S0010-440X(04)00110-5

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.022

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 34-37, January 2005

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