Table 2.
Intervention (N = 18)† | Control (N = 9)† | Between- group p-value | |
Teaching confidence§ | |||
Alcohol screening | + 1.24** | + 0.11 | 0.006 |
Assessment of readiness to change | + 1.00** | + 0.11 | 0.06 |
Counseling about alcohol problems | + 1.18** | + 0.44 | 0.12 |
Eliciting patient health beliefs | + 1.29** | + 0.67 | 0.23 |
Assuring patients that they are understood | + 1.47** | + 0.56 | 0.07 |
Specific teaching practice frequency¶ | |||
Alcohol screening | + 0.56* | - 0.56 | 0.02 |
Assessment of readiness to change | + 0.44 | - 0.44 | 0.09 |
Counseling about alcohol problems | + 0.67* | - 0.22 | 0.08 |
Eliciting patient health beliefs | + 0.81** | - 0.33 | 0.03 |
Assuring patients that they are understood | + 0.94* | + 0.11 | 0.18 |
*p < .05; **p < .01; in within-group comparisons of baseline to follow-up change
†Baseline data were missing for one subject with follow-up data in each group (1 of 19 in the intervention group and 1 of 10 in the control group)
§5-point Likert scale, where 1 = Not at all Confident and 5 = Very Confident
¶5-point Likert scale, where 1 = Rarely and 5 = Always