International Prevalence of Self-exclusion From Gambling: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

摘要: Purpose of ReviewThe international rise in gambling opportunities has increased focus on gambling harm reduction tools including self-exclusion. The primary aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimate the international prevalence of self-exclusion from gambling in the general adult population and by level of problem gambling risk (low-risk, moderate-risk, and problem gambling). The secondary aim was to estimate the prevalence of awareness of self-exclusion programmes overall and by problem gambling risk.Recent FindingsGrey literature (through gambling repositories, gambling research institutes, Google) and peer-reviewed literature (through ProQuest, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus) were searched for gambling prevalence studies from 2010 onwards reporting on use or awareness of self-exclusion (defined as an agreement between an individual and gambling operator to have a period …