Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Systems to Assist Patients in Recovering from Gambling Addiction

Min Wei Hung, Chi Ting Hou, Chieh Jui Ho, Hsueh Sung Lu, Chien Wen Tina Yuan, Nanyi Bi, Shu Wei Liu, Ming Chyi Huang, Chuang Wen You

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Abstract

Gambling addiction is marked by compulsive gambling behaviors despite negative consequences in patients' financial and social well-being. We conducted a needs assessment study and identified current difficulties to self-monitor gambling behaviors using existing technology solutions, as well as the gap to incorporate family supports in the system design. We then proposed a preliminary system design to make the information sharing among patients and family members possible by designing easy-To-use interfaces for self-reporting that allow patients' positive interpretations, facilitating micro-sharing for family members to bring in early supports, and incorporating treatment teams knowledge of gambling addiction to interpret collected data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUbiComp/ISWC 2021 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages34-35
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450384612
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Sept 21
Event2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp/ISWC 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 2021 Sept 212021 Sept 25

Publication series

NameUbiComp/ISWC 2021 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

Conference

Conference2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp/ISWC 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period2021/09/212021/09/25

Keywords

  • Family support
  • Gambling addiction
  • Self-monitoring

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software

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