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Table 1 Sociodemographic and other participants’ characteristics (N = 601)

From: Gambling problems among Lebanese adults: Arabic-Language version of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) scale validation and correlates

Variable

N (%)

Gender

Male

208 (34.6%)

Female

393 (65.4%)

Marital status

Single

476 (79.2%)

Married

125 (20.8%)

Education

Complementary or less

26 (4.3%)

Secondary

62 (10.3%)

University

513 (85.4%)

SOGS categories

No gambling problems

546 (90.8%)

Some gambling problems

16 (2.7%)

Probable pathological gambling

39 (6.5%)

Waterpipe dependence (yes; ≥ 10)

71 (11.8%)

Alcohol use disorder (yes; ≥ 8)

12 (2.0%)

FTND categories

Very low (0–2)

552 (91.8%)

Low (3–4)

22 (3.7%)

Moderate (5)

6 (1.0%)

High (6–7)

15 (2.5%)

Very high (8–10)

6 (1.0%)

GAD-7 categories

None (0–5)

280 (46.6%)

Low (6–10)

154 (25.6%)

Moderate (11–15)

99 (16.5%)

Severe (16 and above)

68 (11.3%)

PHQ-9 categories

None

235 (39.1%)

Mild

154 (25.6%)

Moderate

103 (17.1%)

Moderately severe

58 (9.7%)

Severe

51 (8.5%)

 

Mean ± SD

Age (in years)

24.89 ± 11.11

Number of children

0.59 ± 1.38

Physical activity index

25.69 ± 20.94

Household crowding index

1.09 ± 0.57

Cigarette dependence

0.49 ± 1.53

Waterpipe dependence

2.45 ± 5.20

Problematic alcohol use

0.54 ± 2.31

Generalized anxiety disorder

7.32 ± 6.03

Depression

8.27 ± 7.03