Sogs Gambling Score
Sogs Gambling Scoreboard
| 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. |
Sogs Gambling Score 2019
The G-SAS is a 12 item self-report instrument that reflects the subjects urges to gamble and the subjects gambling behavior. Each item is scored on a 5-point scale from 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (extreme symptoms) with a total score range from 0 to 48. The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) We translated 19 of the SOGS’s 20 items (Lesieur and Blume 1987) into Japanese. We omitted translating the item concerning the writing of bad checks to cover gambling debt, as it is not relevant in the Japanese context. The answers were scored on the basis of Lesieur and Blume’s method. Scores were determined by adding up the number of questions which show an “at risk” response. 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.