Affected Individuals Life Satisfaction Improves after CalGETS Treatment

Affected Individuals Life Satisfaction Improves after CalGETS Treatment

Affected individuals (AI) are those, such as the close family members of gamblers, who are impacted by problem gambling behavior. In California, AIs can receive no-cost treatment through CalGETS. Of the 405 AIs who entered outpatient treatment during Fiscal Year 2016-17, 145 also provided end-of-treatment data. We analyzed Intake to End-of-Treatment changes for those 145 clients.

Affected individuals’ life satisfaction increased after CalGETS treatment by 9 points (on a 100 point scale). This improvement in their life satisfaction is statistically significant.


Source – Outpatient Gamblers: CalGETS Fiscal Year 2016-17 dataset, prepared for the California Department of Public Health, Office of Problem Gambling by the University of California Los Angeles Gambling Studies Program. CalGETS treatment participants were asked: “On a scale from 1 to 100, over the last 7 days, how would you rate your overall life satisfaction?” The improvement in life satisfaction from Intake to End of Treatment was significant (p < .0001, N=145) using the paired samples t-test.


In California, problem gamblers can receive no-cost treatment through CalGETS.  If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER.

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