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1 A2.1 Summary of Adult, adolescent and children Screening and Assessment Tools Table 1. Adult screening and assessment tools Tool Stated purpose Country of development Brief BioSocial Screen (BBGS) (1) Early Intervention Health Test (EIGHT screen) (2) To develop a screen for efficient application to the household population and for clinicians to use with treatment seekers A brief screen originally designed for use by family doctors No. of items Normative sample US 3 Participants from nationally representative random sample from the general household population who gambled 5 or more times during a year (N=11,027) NZ 8 A variety of populations were compared, including: specialist treatment clinicians (N=66), patients of family doctors (pilot N=80; male patients N=241; male and female patients Scoring categories Positive screen (positive endorsement of one or more items) Serious (level 2 or 3 ) (score of 4 or more) Timeframe Internal Consistency (Cronbach s α) Lifetime.96 (3, 4).97 (2) Testretest reliability Sensitivity Lie/bet):.96 (1).91 (5).75 (3).78 (3).90 (4) 1.00 (4) Specificity Lie/bet):.99 (1).50 (5).95 (4).11 (4)

2 Gamblers Anonymous Twenty Questions (GA20) (6) To help the individual decide if he or she is a compulsive gambler and wants to stop N=798), clients attending a day clinic for (N=246) and clients and staff at the day to test the screen s reliability (N=65) (2) US 20 Compulsive (score of 7 or more) (7) Lifetime (7).89 (8).94 (9) (7).98 (9) (7).99 (9) Lie/bet:.78 (10).92 (11) Lie/bet:.99 (11) 1.00 (10) Lie-Bet Questionnaire (11) To provide a brief screening tool for a DSM-IV diagnosis of US 2 Pathological and non males (N=362) Pathological of 1 or more) Lifetime.92 (12) GA20:.99 (11) 1.00 (10).96 (12) GA20:.85 (10).91 (11)

3 National Opinion Research Center DSM Screen for Problems (NODS) (13) To develop a population based telephone screening tool to identify s according to DSM-IV criteria US 17 (12- mth) + 17 (lifetime) Participants from a nationally representative sample of households (N=2,417). No (score of 0), at risk (score of 1-2), of 3-4) and of 5-10) Lifetime.86 (14).88 (15).69 (16).71 (16).79 (17).87 (14).99 (13).46 (15).98 (13).69 (16).68 (16).94 (18).97 (15).86 (18).96 (16).99 (16).57 (17).96 (17) NODS-CLiP (19) Problem and Pathological Measure To develop an efficient standardised diagnostic interview instrument for identifying adult and in epidemiological research and settings An assessment instrument for and general US 3 Experienced gamblers in eight general adult population field studies conducted in the US between 1999 and 2003 (N = I,867) Canada 14 Two validation samples: Adults from the Kitchener Positive screen (positive endorsement of one or more items) Recreational Gambler; atrisk gambler; Lifetime.76 (16).81 (16) EIGHT:.68 (4) (19).94 (16) EIGHT: 1.00 (4) (19).98 (16)

4 (PPGM) (16) populations (16) Census Metropolitan Area in Ontario, Canada (N= 607) and adults from 105 countries who completed online surveys (N=3,464) (overall N=4,071) Problem Severity Index (PGSI) of the Canadian Problem Index (CPGI) (20) To measure prevalence of in the community and distinguish between subtypes of gamblers in general population surveys Canada 9 Nationally representative random sample of individuals from the general household population (N = 3,120) gambler; gambler Non- gambler/nongambler (score of 0); low risk of 1 or 2); moderate risk of 3-7); of 8-27).69 (21).80 (16).84 (20).86 (22).86 (23).90 (24).90 (16).92 (14).92 (25).92 (8).78 (20).78 (20).80 (16).92 (16) 1.00(16) 1.00 (16).64 (3+ cut off) (24).83 (20).62 (20).79 (16).98 (16) 1.00 (20) 1.00 (3+ cut off) (24) 1.00 (22) 1.00 (20) South Oaks Screen (SOGS) (26)/South Oaks Screen-Revised (SOGS-R) (27) Developed to screen populations (28) U.S 20 Stage 2: Inpatients with diagnosis of alcohol or drug abuse (N=297) Stage 3 (cross validation): Members of Gambler s Probable (score of 5 or more) Lifetime (26).72 (29).85 (14).93 (15).97 (26).71 (26) counsellor DSM-III-R rating:.92 (26) DSM-III-R:.54 (26) counsellor DSM-III-R rating:.98 (26) DSM-III-R:.50 (26)

5 Anonymous (N=213), University students (N=384) and hospital employees (N=152) 1.00 (26) 1.00 (26).82 (15).99 (26).99 (26).84 (15) (30).22 (31).69 (32).78 (33).79 (16).82 (34).83 (16).84 (14).86 (25).69 (16).92 (16) DIGS:.71 (34).79 (16).99 (16) DIGS:.88 (34).67 (32) 1.00 (32).97 (17).49 (17)

6 SOGS-R: Past 6 (27).86 (32) DSM-III-R:.86 (27).99 (32) DSM-III-R:.76 (27).75 (32) Sydney Laval University Screen (SLUGS) (31) Victorian Screen (VGS) (35) To determine the number of gamblers who report impaired control (putative gamblers), gamblers more time or money then can be afforded resulting in harm that may require intervention, and those who express a desire for treatment To develop a new instrument that could be used in surveys of general population to assess the extent of and for people Scotland 7 Staff and students from specific college and university institutions in Scotland (N=2069) Australia 21 (15 item harm to self scale) Pre-pilot version: administered to individuals in a number of settings and by both face-toface and computer aided telephone Non- (score of 0-8), borderline of 9-13), of 14-20) and.85 (31) VGS:.85 (36).94 (25) Harm to self scale:.89 (36).96 (35)

7 presenting for treatment or assistance in a setting interview formats (N=138). Pilot version: Contained 25 questions and was administered to a variety of subjects from a number of settings (N=261). The validation exercise consisted of a subsample of n=71 that had a semi-structured interview. of 21+)

8 Table 2. Adolescent and children screening and assessment tools Tool Canadian Adolescent Inventory (CAGI) Problem Severity Subscale (GPSS) (37) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV- Adapted for Stated purpose To develop an instrument for assessing risk and in adolescent populations (aged 13 to 17 years) (GPSS), as well as the psychological and social harms, financial consequences and loss of control related to behaviour (CAGI factors). To develop a measure to define and count Country of origin No. items Canada 24 CAGI; 9 GPSS Normative sample Phase II: Secondary schools students in Manitoba and Québec (N = 2,394). Phase III validation: adolescents (scoring 3 or more on the SOGS-RA) recruited from adolescent substance abuse treatment and delinquency centres (N = 39) and highest frequency gamblers from Phase II (N = 66) U.K. 12 Adolescents between 12 and 15 years recruited Scoring categories CAGI factors: Psychological consequences (6 items); Social consequences (5 items); Financial consequences (6 items); Preoccupation and impaired control (4 items) GPSS: No /green light (scores of 0 1), low to moderate severity/yellow light (scores of 2-5), high severity/red light (scores of 6 or more) Probable of 4 or more); social Timeframe Internal consistency CAGI factors: (37).75 (39).78 (41, 43).80 (42) Testretest reliability CAGI factors: (37) Sensitivity GPSS: clinician rating of adolescent s severity:.91 (37) clinician rated.97 (37) selfrated.96 (37) SOGS- RA:.55 (41).79 (42) Specificity GPSS: clinician rating of adolescent s severity:.96 (37) clinician rated DSM- IV:.93 (37) selfrated DSM- IV:.89 (37) SOGS-RA:.99 (41) 1.00 (42)

9 Juveniles (DSM- IV-J (38) / Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV- Multiple Response- Adapted for Juveniles (DSM- IV-MR-J) (39) Massachusetts Adolescent Screen (MAGS) (44) with pre-adult gamblers (38). To present a revised version of DSM-IV-J criteria for youth in order to screen for in youth (39) To develop a brief screening instrument that can yield an index of non and during a 5 to US 26 2 subscales: (1) DSM- IV (12 items); (2) MAGS (14 items) MAGS subscale from schools (N = 9,774) Adolescents who were students in suburban Boston high schools (N = 856) gambler (less than 4) (38). Development article: non gambler (score of less than 4), of 4 or more). Other frequently employed cutoffs: (1) No (score of 0), at risk (scores of 1 to 3), (score of 4 or more) (40); (2) No (score of 0 or 1), at risk (score of 2 or 3), (score of 4 or more) (41, 42) Non- (scores less than 0), atrisk (scores between 0 and 2), probable or (scores greater than 2) Lifetime MAGS 7:.65 (45).83 (44).87 (44) MAGS-7: DSM- IV:.81 (44) SOGS- RA:.23 (45) MAGS-7: DSM- IV:.97 (44) SOGS-RA:.99 (45)

10 South Oaks Screen Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA) (46, 47) 10 minute survey To develop and evaluate an adolescent severity measure (revision of the SOGS) comprises 7 scored items to form MAGS-7 US 16 (12 scored) Older Minnesota adolescents aged 15 to 18 years recruited by telephone or schools (N = 1,101) Development article: (score of 3 or more). Later publications: Two different scoring protocols (47). Most common is non- (scores of 0 or 1), at-risk (scores of 2 or 3), (scores of 4 or more).75 (42) (48).80 (45).80 (46).81 (41).98 (49).57 (48) DSM- IV-MR-J:.73 (41).97 (42) MAGS- 7:.69 (45) Lie/bet:.24 (50) daily :.22 (51) selfidentified need for help:.59 (49) DSM- IV-MR-J:.99 (42).99 (41) MAGS-7:.95 (45) Lie/bet:.99 (50) daily :.99 (51) selfidentified need for help:.96 (49) receiving help:.62 (49) receiving help:.96 (49)

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