Authors:	Wejbera, Martin Müller, Kai Becker, Jan Beutel, Manfred E.
Title:	The Berlin inventory of gambling behavior – screening (BIG-S) : validation using a clinical sample
Online publication date:	13-Oct-2022
Year of first publication:	2017
Language:	english
Abstract:	Background: Published diagnostic questionnaires for gambling disorder in German are either based on DSM-III criteria or focus on aspects other than life time prevalence. This study was designed to assess the usability of the DSM-IV criteria based Berlin Inventory of Gambling Behavior Screening tool in a clinical sample and adapt it to DSM-5 criteria. Methods: In a sample of 432 patients presenting for behavioral addiction assessment at the University Medical Center Mainz, we checked the screening tool’s results against clinical diagnosis and compared a subsample of n=300 clinically diagnosed gambling disorder patients with a comparison group of n=132. Results: The BIG-S produced a sensitivity of 99.7% and a specificity of 96.2%. The instrument’s unidimensionality and the diagnostic improvements of DSM-5 criteria were verified by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis as well as receiver operating characteristic analysis.3 Conclusions: The BIG-S is a reliable and valid screening tool for gambling disorder and demonstrated its concise and comprehensible operationalization of current DSM-5 criteria in a clinical setting. Keywords: Gambling disorder - Diagnostic tool - Screening - Validation - Usability - DSM V
DDC:	610 Medizin 610 Medical sciences
Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department:	FB 04 Medizin
Place:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7988
Version:	Published version
Publication type:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License:	CC BY
Information on rights of use:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal:	BMC psychiatry 17
Pages or article number:	Art. 188
Publisher:	BioMed Central
Publisher place:	London
Issue date:	2017
ISSN:	1471-244X
Publisher URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1349-4
Publisher DOI:	10.1186/s12888-017-1349-4
Appears in collections:	DFG-OA-Publizieren (2012 - 2017)