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South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS)
South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS)
| Availability |
Please visit this website for more information about the instrument: South Oaks Gambling Screen
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| Classification |
Supplemental: Parkinson's Disease (PD)
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| Short Description of Instrument |
The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) is a 20-item self-rated screening questionnaire based on DSM-III criteria for pathological gambling. The SOGS is the most commonly used instrument to screen for pathological or problem gambling in the general population.
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| Comments/Special Instructions |
This scale is recommended as Supplemental since there is not a PD-specific measure for pathological gambling.
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| Scoring and Psychometric Properties |
Scoring: The SOGS has 20 items that are scored 0 or 1, with a total score of 1-4 suggesting problem gambling and a score =5 suggesting pathological gambling.
Psychometric Properties: This scale has not been validated for use in PD but is valid in non-PD populations. This scale is highly correlated with the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale adapted for Pathological Gambling (PG-YBOCS) and concurrent validity with structured clinical interview for pathological gambling (SCI-PG).
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| Rationale/Justification |
Strengths: validated for use in PD, widely used
Weaknesses: based on DSM-III criteria, not developed specifically for PD
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| References |
Key Reference:
Lesieur HR, Blume SB. The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS): a new instrument for the identification of pathological gamblers. Am J Psychiatry. 1987 Sep;144(9):1184-8.
Additional References:
Goodie AS, MacKillop J, Miller JD, Fortune EE, Maples J, Lance CE, Campbell WK. Evaluating the South Oaks Gambling Screen with DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria: results from a diverse community sample of gamblers. Assessment. 2013 Oct;20(5):523-31.
Pallanti S, DeCaria CM, Grant JE, Urpe M, Hollander E. Reliability and validity of the pathological gambling adaptation of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (PG-YBOCS). J Gambl Stud. 2005 Winter;21(4):431-43.
Document last updated August 2022
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