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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2022 Feb 1;117(6):1748–1757. doi: 10.1111/add.15796

TABLE 3.

Unadjusted estimates (% and 95% CI) of abstinence, overall and by arm, chi-square test with brief advice as the reference group

Overall (N = 903) BA (n = 128) MI (n = 258) RR (n = 257) MI + RR (n = 260) P value
Primary outcome, point prevalence abstinence
ITT MNAR 21.5% (18.8, 24.2) 10.9% (5.5, 16.3) 15.5% (11.1, 19.9) 27.2% (21.8, 32.7) 26.9% (21.5, 32.3) <0.0001
ITT MAR 26.1% (25.5, 26.7) 12.8% (11.7, 13.9) 18.6% (17.7, 19.6) 33.9% (32.8, 35.1) 32.3% (31.2, 33.4) <0.0001
Secondary outcome, prolonged abstinence
ITT MNAR 18.8% (16.3, 21.4) 9.4% (4.3, 14.4) 13.9% (9.7, 18.2) 24.1% (18.9, 29.4) 23.1% (17.9, 28.2) 0.0002
ITT MAR 22.8% (22.3, 23.4) 11.2% (10.1, 12.3) 16.9% (16.0, 17.8) 29.9% (28.8, 31.0) 27.5% (26.4, 28.6) <0.0001

Abbreviations: BA, brief advice (comparison); ITT MAR, intention to treat missing at random; ITT MNAR, intention to treat missing not at random; MI, motivational interviewing; RR, rate reduction; RR + MI, motivational interviewing + rate reduction.