Resources for the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment based
Proactive and Personalised Primary Care of the Elderly
NODS-PERC
Brief Screening Test for Gambling
Purpose : Brief 4 question screen for problem and pathological gambling
Admin time : 1-3 min
User Friendly : High
Administered by : GP or nurse
Content : 4 Questions pertaining to gambling
Preoccupation, Escape, Risked Relationships, and Chasing
Author : Toce-Gerstein M, Gerstein DR, Volberg RE (2009)
Copyright : Public domain. Free to use.
NODS-PERC
NODS-PERC
Advantages:
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Short and easy to use
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Based on DSM-IV criteria)
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Identifies 99% of all problem gamblers and 100% of all pathological gamblers as assessed by the full NODS (Volberg et al, 2011)
Disadvantages:
The NODS-PERC identifies lifetime PG (Problem Gamblers).
Using a lifetime context for symptom clustering yields more endorsed problems than past-year time frames for symptom identification.
Gambling related problems evidence considerable waxing and waning from year to year. As a result, the NODS-CliP might not reflect current problems that often associate with treatment seeking.
Note : The BBGS screen identifies past-year PG.(current problem identification)
Accuracy :
Sensitivity 99,7% and Specificity 87,4% (Toce-Gerstein M et al, 2009)
Positive Predictive Value 88,5% and Negative Predictive Value 96,3% (Volberg et al, 2011)
This Tool is used in the assessment of Gambling in Late life
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This is one of several topics presented in the Thorny Issues sector of this toolkit