Developing a mini-screen for problem gambling
During 2009 and 2010, the Gambling Commission trialled inclusion
of problem gambling screens in a telephone omnibus survey. Both
full problem gambling screens and a ‘mini-screen’ were included.
The purpose of including a mini-screen in this survey was to
ascertain whether it could provide a reliable and robust,
cost-effective, way of measuring problem gambling prevalence in the
British general population, and to track any emerging trends.
We appointed Dr Rachel Volberg (Gemini Research) and
Professor Robert Williams (University of Lethbridge) to
undertake analysis of the data, report on their findings, and make
recommendations on future direction.
The aim of this project was to provide us, and our
stakeholders, with a view on feasibility and suitability of
including the trialled PGSI problem gambling mini-screen in an
omnibus or general population survey as a method of tracking
problem gambling prevalence rates in the general population.
The outcome of this piece of work will inform and support the
wider work currently being undertaken by us and the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board
on future approaches to collecting adult gambling prevalence data
in the British context.
Based on the recommendations of this project, the problem
gambling mini-screen will continue to be piloted in our telephone
omnibus surveys for the four quarters of 2012 (March, June,
September and December).
You can read the full report here:
Developing
a Short Form of the PGSI
Page last reviewed: March 2012