Benchmarking gambling screens to health-state utility: the PGSI and the SGHS estimate similar levels of population gambling-harm.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) and the Short Gambling Harms Screen (SGHS) purport to identify individuals harmed by gambling. However, there is dispute as to how much individuals are harmed, conditional on their scores from these instruments. We used an experienced utility framework to estimate the magnitude of implied impacts on health and wellbeing.

Methods

We measured health utility using the Short Form Six-Dimension (SF-6D), and used this as a benchmark. All 2603 cases were propensity score weighted, to balance the affected group (i.e., SGHS 1+ or PGSI 1+ vs 0) with a reference group of gamblers with respect to risk factors for gambling harm. Weighted regression models estimated decrements to health utility scores attributable to gambling, whi

SUBMITTER: Browne M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9044680 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature