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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2007 Sep 14;34(4):464–470. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.07.006

Table 2.

Use of alcohol treatment services by medical inpatients with alcohol dependence during the year following hospitalization, by lifetime exposure to interpersonal violence (N = 230)

Total N % used alcohol treatment Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Any violence (composite)
 Yes 188 57% 1.88 (1.08, 3.28)* 1.64 (0.92–2.91)
 No 42 42%
Physical abuse1
 Yes 118 61% 1.72 (1.07, 2.76)* 1.48 (0.89–2.45)
 No 109 47%
Stranger-perpetrated violence2
 Yes 144 60% 1.68 (1.05, 2.70)* 1.70 (1.03–2.80)*
 No 86 46%
Sexual assault or rape (composite)
 Yes 87 64% 1.87 (1.12, 3.12)* 1.54 (0.88–2.68)
 No 143 49%
Sexual assault3
 Yes 78 64% 1.81 (1.06, 3.09)* 1.46 (0.84–2.55)
 No 152 49%
Rape4
 Yes 67 69% 2.23 (1.23, 4.05)** 1.67 (0.85–3.28)
 No 163 49%

Analyses based on data from 230 subjects and 430 observations across the 3- and 12-month assessments;

controlling for randomization group, age, gender, White race, time since baseline, homelessness and employment

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

1

Response to: “Have you ever been physically abused—for example, hit, choked, burned, or beaten— or severely punished-- for example locked up, shut in a closet, tied up, or chained – by someone you knew well such as a parent, sibling, boyfriend, or girlfriend?”

2

Response to: “Have you ever been robbed, mugged, or physically--not sexually--attacked by a stranger or someone you did not know well?”

3

Response to: “Have you ever been touched or made to touch someone else in a sexual way because you felt forced in some way or threatened by harm to yourself or someone else?”

4

Response to: “Have sex because you felt forced in some way or threatened by harm to yourself or someone else?”