BACKGROUND The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) is one of the most widely used screening instruments for evaluating addiction to gambling. METHOD The main objective of this study is to analyze whether the SOGS is a reliable instrument and what characteristics of studies on the SOGS are linked to its reported reliability. RESULTS A meta-analysis was carried out with 63 studies including 65 independent samples. The mean value of a was .86 (95% CI of .84–.88), with high heterogeneity (I2 = 98.27%). The variables that explain the most heterogeneity were the continent where the study was performed (R2 = .61), application to participants with or without clinical problems (R2 = .58), the form of administration of the questionnaire (R2 = .56), and the standard deviation in the SOGS score (R2 = .13). CONCLUSIONS The results show that the SOGS is a reliable instrument for evaluating gambling addiction. However, the meta-analysis highlights the need to report the reliability values for each empirical study and to provide a set of recommendations for researchers and professionals who use this instrument.

中文翻译：

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South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) 的可靠性概括元分析。

背景 南橡树赌博筛查 (SOGS) 是最广泛使用的用于评估赌博成瘾的筛查工具之一。方法 本研究的主要目的是分析 SOGS 是否是一种可靠的工具，以及 SOGS 研究的哪些特征与其报告的可靠性相关。结果 对包括 65 个独立样本的 63 项研究进行了荟萃分析。a 的平均值为 0.86（95% CI 为 0.84–.88），具有高异质性（I2 = 98.27%）。解释最大异质性的变量是进行研究的大陆 (R2 = .61)、对有或没有临床问题的参与者的应用 (R2 = .58)、问卷的管理形式 (R2 = .56) ，以及 SOGS 分数的标准差 (R2 = .13)。结论 结果表明 SOGS 是评估赌博成瘾的可靠工具。然而，荟萃分析强调需要报告每项实证研究的可靠性值，并为使用该工具的研究人员和专业人士提供一套建议。