Prevalence of Pathological Gambling in Quebec in 2002
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1 Original Research Prevalence of Pathological Gambling in Quebec in 2002 Robert Ladouceur, PhD 1, Christian Jacques, MPs 2, Serge Chevalier, MSc 3, Serge Sévigny, MA 2, Denis Hamel, MSc 4 Objective: To assess gambling behaviours and the problems associated with pathological gambling among the adult population of Quebec in Method: In Phase 1 of this 2-phase study, a total sample of 8842 adults was assessed. We used the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), adapted for telephone interview, to assess one-half of the sample; the other one-half was evaluated with the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI). In the study s second phase, we compared the classifications obtained from these screening instruments with classifications obtained by a psychologist using a semistructured clinical telephone interview. Results: The results indicate that the prevalence of pathological gambling in 2002 (at which time 0.8% of the adult population were classified as probable pathological gamblers) did not differ from the proportion obtained in 1996 (1.0%), despite the significant decrease in gambling participation in 2002 (81% vs 90% in 1996). The most popular gambling activities were buying lottery tickets (68%), participating in fundraising draws (40%), gambling in casinos (18%), playing cards with family or with friends (10%), playing bingo (9%), and playing video lotteries (8%). The findings obtained from the SOGS and the CPGI revealed that the 2 instruments perform similarly when identifying pathological gambling prevalence. However, the results of the semistructured clinical telephone interviews differed from the results obtained with the screening instruments: 82% of the gamblers initially identified as probable pathological gamblers by the SOGS or the CPGI were not confirmed by a clinical interview. Conclusion: The discrepancy between the results of the screening questionnaires and the clinical evaluation is significant, and this difference needs to be addressed before further cross-sectional or longitudinal studies are conducted. (Can J Psychiatry 2005;50: ) Information on funding and support and author affiliations appears at the end of the article. Clinical Implications It is important that the disorder of pathological gambling be recognized by psychiatrists in Canada. A clinical evaluation should follow a screening test. When a patient with substance abuse or depression is evaluated, pathological gambling should also be investigated. Limitations We did not study the stability of the disorder in a longitudinal study design. We did not address the discrepancy between results obtained from a screening instrument and from a clinical instrument. We did not investigate subjects with a gambling problem according to the problematic game played most frequently. Key Words: prevalence, pathological gambling, South Oaks Gambling Screen, SOGS, Canadian Problem Gambling Index, CPGI, gambling activity Can J Psychiatry, Vol 50, No 8, July
2 The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry Original Research Abbreviations used in this article ARG CI CPGI MH NPG PPG SOGS Gambling is an increasingly accessible activity in most modern jurisdictions. Among the recent legalized gambling activities made available in the province of Quebec, it is worth mentioning the opening of a new casino in 1996 and the record number of video lottery terminals (n = ) accessible in fiscal year (1), compared with the terminals (n = ) available in (2). Despite the growing availability of legalized gambling, many Canadian provinces have not reported an increase in the prevalence of problem gambling. For example, the results from a 2001 study of nearly 5000 Ontario adults classified 0.7% of the population as PPGs (3), whereas the reported prevalence in 1995 was 2.0% (4). Manitoba also reported a similar trend, with a PPG prevalence of 1.9% in 1995 (5), compared with 1.1% in 2001 (6). In New Brunswick, the prevalence of PPGs was 2.2% in 1996 (7) and 1.4% in 2001 (8). Alberta reported that the combined proportion of ARGs and PPGs was 5.4 % in 1993 (9) and 4.8% in 1998 (10). Although these provincial studies were not conducted with the same procedures or by the same research teams, the data show that none of these provinces reported an increasing trend in gambling prevalence. Our study, which involved 2 phases, used a cross-sectional design to evaluate changes in the prevalence of pathological gambling in Quebec from 1996 to Phase 1 was designed to estimate the 2002 prevalence of ARGs and PPGs in the adult population of Quebec, to highlight certain characteristics associated with the gambling habits of adults in Quebec, to compare the 2002 prevalence with that estimated for 1996, and to compare the prevalence as captured by 2 screening instruments, the SOGS and the CPGI. Phase 2 aimed to compare the classifications obtained from the 2 instruments with classifications obtained through a clinical evaluation based on a semistructured telephone interview among the same participants. Method Phase 1 Sample. Telephone numbers were drawn from a database of randomly generated phone numbers covering all regions of Quebec. Within each household, the selected participant was 452 at-risk gambler confidence interval Canadian Problem Gambling Index marginal homogeneity nonproblem gambler probable pathological gambler South Oaks Gambling Screen randomly chosen from among all persons aged 18 years and over. The employees of a survey firm carried out the telephone interviews between May and November 2002, and when necessary, 20 attempts were made to reach a number. A total of 8842 interviews were completed, with a response rate of 60.8% (Note 1). Participant responses were weighted according to the number of telephone call attempts to reach the resident, the number of adults living in each residence, the sex of the participant, the overall response rate, and the region (based on 17 sociomedical regions of Quebec and according to data from the 2001 census of Statistics Canada, 11). The average length of an interview was 11 minutes. Instruments. The telephone interview used in this study had 4 sections: 1) participation in gambling, 2) evaluation of problem gambling, 3) associated problems, and 4) general information. 1. Participation in gambling: This inventory determined the frequency of participation in various gambling activities, as well as the amount of money spent on these games. It was largely inspired by the inventory used in the CPGI (12). 2. Evaluation of problem gambling: The gambling activities and prevalence were assessed according to 2 screening instruments, the SOGS and the CPGI. The interviewers used the version of the SOGS (13) that is adapted for telephone interviews (14). The SOGS includes 20 items based on the DSM-III-R diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling. Participants who scored 0 to 2 were classified as NPGs; those who scored 3 or 4, ARGs; and those who scored 5 or more, PPGs. Since most participants were French-speaking, a translated version of the SOGS was used (15). The CPGI (12) has 14 items, 9 of which were used to calculate the overall index. Participants who scored between 0 and 3 were classified as NPGs, those who scored 4 to 7 were classified as ARGs, and those who scored 8 or more were classified as PPGs. The CPGI was developed in both French and English. The 2 instruments aim to estimate both lifetime and current-year (last 12 months) prevalence. Only results relating to current prevalence are reported here. 3. Associated problems: Eighteen questions used at the time of CPGI validation (12) evaluated gambling-related problems, drug addiction, and psychological distress. 4. General information: 22 questions gathered general information such as sex, age, and level of education. Procedure. Respondents had to answer yes to one of the following criteria to be assessed for problem gambling: 1) have spent more than $520 annually on gambling or 2) have played too much, spent too much money, or spent too much time gambling. Sections 3 (associated problems) and 4 (general information) were administered to all participants. However, Can J Psychiatry, Vol 50, No 8, July 2005
3 Prevalence of Pathological Gambling in Quebec in 2002 Table 1 Frequency of participation (%) in the most popular categories of gambling activities, according to the general population and the gambling population Type of gambling General population (n = 8842) Gambling population (n = 7172) Lotteries (including all types of lotteries) Draws and fundraising Going to the casino Playing cards with family or friends Bingo Video lottery some items of section 3 were not administered to participants who reported that they had not played. Phase 2 In Phase 2, we compared the participant classifications obtained in Phase 1 with classifications obtained from a semistructured clinical telephone interview conducted by a psychologist. Sample. At the end of the Phase 1 interview, some participants (a randomly selected number of NPG participants and all the ARG and PPG participants) were solicited to answer further questions during a second phone interview. Of the 1605 persons solicited, 952 (59%) agreed to receive a second call. This collaboration rate did not vary across the 3 participant categories ( 2 = 4.33, df 2, 1605; P > 0.05). Respondents who agreed to be contacted again were also compared with those who refused on the variables of sex, age, level of education, and income. They differed only in age distribution ( 2 = 10.74, df 4, 1456; P < 0.05): those who agreed to participate in a follow-up were proportionately more numerous in the group aged 25 to 34 years than in the other age groups. Of the 952 participants who agreed to a follow-up, only 201 were registered on the Phase 2 interview list: 120 NPGs (randomly selected from among 851 consenting respondents), 53 ARGs, and 28 PPGs. For reasons beyond our control, the survey firm did not transfer some files to the researchers, which caused the withdrawal of 3 ARG files from the 56 available and 17 PPG files from the 45 available on the list of participants who had accepted to be contacted a second time. Of the 201 participants who were called back, 169 were reached and 133 completed a telephone interview, resulting in a participation rate of 66% among those who were called back and an overall response rate of 39.3% for the second phase (Note 2). Persons who had refused to participate or who could not be reached did not differ from those who completed the clinical interview in relation to participant categories (NPG, ARG, and PPG), sex, education, or income. However, there was a difference in the age distribution ( 2 = 9.55, df 4, 190; P < 0.05): those who did not complete the clinical interview (that is, who refused or were unreachable) were significantly more likely to be in the category aged 35 to 44 years than were those who completed the interview (P < 0.05). Procedure. Clinical psychologists trained to conduct the semistructured clinical telephone interviews evaluated gambling habits. Participants were contacted at a maximum interval of 3 months following the end of Phase 1. The psychologists made a clinical assessment based on the diagnostic criteria of pathological gambling according to the DSM-IV. They were blinded to the gambling habits of the participants and the scores obtained in Phase 1. Results Phase 1 In 2002, 4 adults out of 5 (81%) living in Quebec reported having gambled during the previous year. This percentage is lower than the 90% (Note 3) estimate observed in 1996 by Ladouceur and colleagues (16) ( 2 = 59.13, df 1, , P < 0.001). Table 1 presents the 6 most popular categories of gambling activities within the general population, as well as the percentage of people who reported having participated in these gambling activities in the year leading up to the survey Prevalence of Pathological Gambling We found the current prevalence of PPGs and of ARGs in 2002 to be 0.8% (95%CI, 0.6 to1.0) and 0.9% (95%CI, 0.7 to 1.1), respectively. Thus the number of adult PPGs in Quebec in 2002 ranged between and , while the number of adult ARGs ranged between and (Table 2). Can J Psychiatry, Vol 50, No 8, July
4 The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry Original Research Table 2 Current prevalence according to respondent categories, year of survey, and screening instrument Respondent categories Year of survey Instrument Nonproblem At risk Probable pathological 2002 SOGS + CPGI (n = 8828) CPGI (n = 4225) SOGS (n = 4603) SOGS (n = 1257) Sociodemographic Characteristics The relative proportions of the 3 categories of participants varied according to sex ( 2 = 19.95, df 2, 8829; P < 0.001), age ( 2 = 22.22, df 8, 7966; P < 0.01), level of education ( 2 = 12.08, df 2, 8698; P < 0.01), and socioeconomic status ( 2 = 22.55, df 4, 8586; P < 0.01). There were more men in the ARG (65%) and PPG (69%) categories, as compared with the NPG category (49%) (P < 0.05). The proportion of ARGs between the ages of 18 and 24 years (26%) was statistically higher than the proportions in the other participant categories (NPG and PPG both 12%). In addition, among persons aged 55 years and over, we found more without a gambling problem (27%) or in the ARG category (22%) than we did in the PPG category (13%) (P < 0.05). Among persons who did not complete their grade school or high school education, there were more PPGs (68%) than NPGs (49%) or ARGs (58%). Persons who reported being below the poverty line were more frequently classified as PPGs (29%) than as ARGs (17%) or NPGs (12%). Comparison of Prevalence in 1996 and in 2002 In 1996, 97.6% of the Quebec population were classified as NPGs and 1.4% as ARGs, whereas 1.0% were estimated to be PPGs. When we compared those current prevalence rates with the estimates obtained in 2002 (98.3%, 0.9%, and 0.8%, respectively), we found no statistical difference ( 2 = 4.05, df 2, ; P > 0.05). Prevalence Revealed by the SOGS and by the CPGI By comparing the results obtained from the SOGS with those obtained from the CPGI, we observed respective 12-month prevalence rates of 0.9% and 0.7% for PPGs, 0.9% and 1.0% for ARGs, and 98.3% and 98.2% for NPGs (see Table 2). A chi-square analysis of the 2 independent samples, comparing the 2 instruments, showed no significant difference in the prevalence estimates ( 2 = 1.19, df 2, 8230; P > 0.05). 454 Phase 2 Concordance Among Classifications. A test of marginal homogeneity for the paired observations indicates a significant difference between the classifications obtained by the 2 measures (MH = 53.0, df 3, 137; P < ). The rate of agreement between measures reaches 72% (98/137) but radically decreases to 25% (13/51) when only the number of ARGs and PPGs defined according to the SOGS or the CGPI are examined. The results show that 82% of the PPGs identified by the SOGS or the CPGI were not classified as pathological gamblers during the clinical interview. Both instruments provided similar proportions of misclassifications, compared with the clinical interview (SOGS, 78%; CPGI, 88%). With regard to the ARGs identified by the SOGS or the CPGI, 71% of participants did not maintain their classification in the clinical interview (the performance of the SOGS was similar to the CPGI: 67% and 72%, respectively). Discussion The prevalence of pathological gambling in Quebec in 2002 did not differ significantly from that observed 6 years earlier. Moreover, the 2002 prevalence closely resembles the findings of a recent Ontario study, which estimated the proportion of PPGs to be 0.7% (3). The lack of increase in the prevalence of pathological gambling in Quebec from 1996 to 2002 is similar to the trend observed in many of the other prevalence studies recently conducted in different Canadian provinces (3,6,8,10). Given the increasing availability of gambling, we identified several factors to explain the stability of the pathological gambling results over a 6-year period. First, we noticed a significant reduction in the rate of participation in gambling between 1996 and 2002, from 90% to 81%. Second, the different initiatives implemented in Quebec to reduce the incidence of problem gambling have perhaps started to slow down the progression of excessive gambling habits. Third, in 2001, the Quebec government started to implement a provincial Can J Psychiatry, Vol 50, No 8, July 2005
5 Prevalence of Pathological Gambling in Quebec in 2002 treatment program for pathological gamblers. Specialized training was offered to more than 300 clinicians in 2001 and 2002, and free specialized services are now available in every region of Quebec. The combination of these efforts has perhaps contributed to stabilizing the development of problem gambling behaviours. Conversely, the absence of differences between the scores obtained using the CPGI and those obtained using the SOGS can be explained by the fact that the 2 instruments have the same goal, which is to measure problem gambling. Indeed, 55% of the questions in the CPGI and 80% of those in the SOGS deal with reporting negative consequences (17). Moreover, the correlations between the CPGI and the SOGS items vary between 0.63 and 0.72, and 2 of the 9 CPGI questions come from the SOGS (12). The final result to be discussed here relates to the discrepancy observed between the findings obtained using the screening instruments and those from the clinical interview. Are the prevalence rates revealed by the SOGS or the CPGI overestimated? Could these instruments have good sensitivity but lack specificity? Alternatively, could it be that the clinical interview lacks sensitivity and produces an underestimate? A similar discrepancy was previously pointed out in at least 3 empirical studies on gambling issues that showed a significant difference between the results of evaluations using a telephone survey or a questionnaire and those using a clinical evaluation (18 20). This discrepancy is not specific to the assessment of gambling behaviours. Similar results were found with studies of behaviour related to alcohol (21), sexuality (22), and drug and tobacco use (23,24). It is therefore clear that the type of instruments and the modality of their administration have a major influence on outcomes when different behaviours are being assessed. How can we ensure that our evaluation of gambling activity is accurate in the case of at-risk and pathological gamblers? More importantly, what do these figures mean? Future research will need to clarify these observations. Follow-up studies should continue to assess the development of problem gambling in the province of Quebec as they do elsewhere, by using cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs based on standardized, valid measures of pathological gambling and related activities. Funding and Support The research received financial support from the Minist re de la santé et des services sociaux du Québec. Notes 1. The reported response rate is calculated as it was in studies conducted in 1989 and 1996: the rate of response = the number of individuals who completed the telephone interview / (individuals who completed the telephone interview + standard refusal + refusal for health problems). 2. The overall response rate of 39.3% corresponds to the product of the collaboration rate (952/1605 = 59.3%) by the interview participation rate (133/201 = 66.2%). 3. In 1996, a gambling participation rate of 63% was obtained from responses to the question, In the past year, how many times have you gambled or bet with money? graded on a 4-point Likert scale presented at the beginning of the telephone interview. However, subsequent interview responses to questions related to participation in 10 gambling activities during the past year increased the gambling rate to 90%. 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Address for correspondence: Dr R Ladouceur, École de psychologie, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1K 7P4 Robert.Ladouceur@psy.ulaval.ca Can J Psychiatry, Vol 50, No 8, July
6 The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry Original Research Résumé : La prévalence du jeu pathologique au Québec, en 2002 Objectif : Cet article présente les résultats d une enquête en 2 phases, menée en 2002, afin d évaluer les comportements de jeu de hasard et les problèmes associés au jeu pathologique chez la population adulte du Québec. Méthode : Dans la phase 1, un échantillon total de adultes a été évalué. Nous avons utilisé l échelle de jeu de South Oaks (SOGS), adaptée à l entrevue téléphonique, pour évaluer une moitié de l échantillon; l autre moitié a été évaluée à l aide de l Indice canadien du jeu excessif (ICJE). Dans la deuxième phase de l étude, nous avons comparé les classifications obtenues de ces instruments de dépistage avec les classifications obtenues par un psychologue, à l aide d une entrevue téléphonique clinique semi-structurée. Résultats : Les résultats indiquent que la prévalence du jeu pathologique en 2002 (auquel moment 0,8 % de la population adulte se classait comme joueurs pathologiques probables) ne différait pas de la proportion obtenue en 1996 (1,0 %), malgré une diminution significative de la participation au jeu en 2002 (81 % c. 90 % en 1996). Les activités de jeu les plus populaires étaient l achat de billets de loterie (68 %), la participation à des tirages d activités de financement (40 %), le jeu dans les casinos (18 %), les parties de cartes en famille ou entre amis (10 %), le bingo (9 %), et les appareils de loterie vidéo (8 %). Les résultats obtenus de la SOGS et du ICJE ont révélé que les 2 instruments ont un rendement semblable en ce qui concerne la détermination de la prévalence du jeu pathologique. Toutefois, les résultats de l entrevue téléphonique clinique semi-structurée différaient de ceux obtenus aux instruments de dépistage : 82 % des joueurs initialement identifiés comme étant des joueurs pathologiques probables par la SOGS et l ICJE n ont pas été confirmés par l entrevue clinique. Conclusion : L écart entre les résultats des questionnaires de dépistage et de l évaluation clinique est significatif, et il faut examiner cette différence avant d entreprendre d autres études transversales ou longitudinales. 456 Can J Psychiatry, Vol 50, No 8, July 2005
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