Sogs Gambling Score
| Availability | The instrument is freely available here: South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) |
| Classification | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| References | Lesieur HR, Blume SB. The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS): A new instrument for the identification of pathological gamblers. Am J Psychiatry 1987;144:1184–1188. |
SOUTH OAKS GAMBLING SCREEN – SCORE SHEET SOGS Scores on the SOGS are determined by scoring one point for each question that shows the “at risk” response indicated and adding the total points. Per DSM5, those with gambling disorder have high rates of SUD’s, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and personality disorders. Up to nearly 1/3 to 1/2 of individuals in SUD treatment identified as problem gamblers (Himelhoch et al, in press; Ledgerwood et al, 2002) The more severe the past year SUD, the higher the prevalence of gambling problems (Rush et al, 2008) Individuals with lifetime history of mental health disorder had 2-3 times rate of problem gambling (Rush et al, 2008).
Sogs Gambling Screen
Sogs Gambling Scoreboard
Problem gambling at age 20 was measured by PGSI score and parental problem gambling by SOGS score at child age 6. We found evidence of such transmission but only cross-gender: male problem gambling status at age 20 was linked only to mother’s SOGS score and female problem gambling status at age 20 was linked only to father’s SOGS score. Massachusetts Gambling Screen (MAGS) Scoring Guide Instructions Step One xAdminister the Massachusetts Gambling Screen1 (MAGS) to the respondent. Step Two xOn the Scoring Guide, indicate the respondent’s survey answers by circling the. The SOGS is the most commonly used instrument to screen for pathological or problem gambling in the general population. 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.