Table 1.
Characteristics of General Internal Medicine Clinic Patients Who Screened Positive for At-risk Drinking and the Subsample of Audiotaped Patients
| Patients Who Screened Positive for At-risk Drinking | Taped Patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Taped (N = 793) | Taped(N = 47) | P Value* | Intervention Firm (N = 17) | Control Firm (N = 30) | P Value* | |
| Mean age, y | 60.4 | 60.8 | .848 | 63.9 | 59.0 | .158 |
| Race, n (%)† | ||||||
| White | 545 (68.7) | 38 (80.9) | .080 | 14 (82.4) | 24 (80.0) | 1.000 |
| African American | 80 (10.1) | 5 (10.6) | .806 | 1 (5.9) | 4 (13.3) | .640 |
| Other | 143 (18.0) | 4 (8.5) | .095 | 2 (11.8) | 2 (6.7) | .613 |
| Marital status, n (%)† | ||||||
| Never married | 90 (11.3) | 3 (6.4) | .292 | 0 | 3 (10.0) | .292 |
| Married /widowed | 347 (43.8) | 21 (44.7) | .901 | 8 (47.1) | 13 (43.3) | .805 |
| Separated/divorced | 340 (42.9) | 23 (48.9) | .415 | 9 (52.9) | 14 (46.7) | .679 |
| Education–completed high school, n (%)† | 441 (55.9) | 28 (59.6) | .621 | 6 (35.3) | 22 (73.3) | .011 |
| Income <$20,000, n (%)† | 534 (67.7) | 31 (66.0) | .806 | 9 (52.9) | 22 (73.3) | .156 |
| Self-reported, n (%)† | ||||||
| Hypertension | 429 (54.1) | 20 (42.6) | .123 | 8 (47.1) | 12 (40.0) | .638 |
| COPD | 200 (25.2) | 18 (38.3) | .047 | 5 (29.4) | 13 (43.3) | .345 |
| Diabetes | 147 (18.5) | 10 (21.3) | .640 | 4 (23.5) | 6 (20.0) | 1.000 |
| Coronary artery disease | 104 (13.1) | 9 (19.1) | .239 | 2 (11.8) | 7 (23.3) | .455 |
| Liver disease | 70 (8.8) | 2 (4.3) | .420 | 0 | 2 (6.7) | .528 |
| PTSD | 154 (19.4) | 13 (27.7) | .169 | 4 (23.5) | 9 (30.0) | .743 |
| Past year smoking | 356 (44.9) | 18 (38.3) | .377 | 2 (11.8) | 16 (53.3) | .005 |
| Drug abuse | 55 (6.9) | 3 (6.4) | 1.000 | 1 (5.9) | 2 (6.7) | 1.000 |
| Depression screen positive, n (%)†,‡ | 240 (30.3) | 18 (38.3) | .246 | 4 (23.5) | 14 (46.7) | .117 |
| Screening questionnaire, n (%)† | ||||||
| ≥14 drinks per typical week | 238 (30.6) | 17 (37.0) | .364 | 7 (43.8) | 10 (33.3) | .486 |
| ≥6 drinks on an occasion, past year | 715 (90.2) | 40 (85.1) | .314 | 14 (82.4) | 26 (86.7) | .692 |
| AUDIT-C ≥8 | 167 (21.8) | 13 (28.3) | .303 | 6 (37.5) | 7 (23.3) | .328 |
| CAGE score ≥2 | 375 (47.3) | 23 (48.9) | .826 | 7 (41.2) | 16 (53.3) | .423 |
*
Two-tailed χ2 or t test.
†
Denominators vary for calculation of percentages due to missing data.
‡
Based on the 5-item Mental Health Index (MHI-5).
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.