Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the treatment outcome groups of patients with pathologic gambling
| Group; mean (SD)* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | No relapse, no dropout, n = 45 | Relapse, n = 12 | Dropout, n = 20 | Relapse and dropout, n = 7 |
| Age, yr | 37.4 (10.8) | 40.1 (12.2) | 32.1 (6.7) | 36.3 (14.4) |
| Sex, male:female | 2:43 | 1:11 | 2:18 | 2:5 |
| Education, yr | 10.6 (2.7) | 11.8 (3.3) | 10.7 (4.1) | 10.9 (3.7) |
| WAIS-III vocabulary subtest score | 34.9 (8.4) | 38.2 (9.8) | 36.0 (7.4) | 33.7 (10.0) |
| Marital status, % | ||||
| Single | 27.9 | 45.5 | 40.0 | 28.6 |
| Married | 58.1 | 45.5 | 50.0 | 42.8 |
| Divorced | 14.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 28.6 |
| Employed, % | 83.7 | 90.9 | 85.0 | 85.7 |
| Duration of pathologic gambling, yr | 6.3 (6.4) | 6.7 (5.2) | 4.6 (5.6) | 3.6 (1.7) |
| Medicated, % | 10.5 | 22.2 | 23.1 | 25.0 |
| SOGS score | 9.9 (2.6) | 10.5 (2.6) | 9.8 (2.9) | 12.4 (2.7) |
↵* Unless otherwise indicated.
SD = standard deviation; SOGS = South Oaks Gambling Screen;41 WAIS-III = Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition.57