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. 2008 Jul 10;23(9):1482–1486. doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0574-4

Table 2.

Alcohol Counseling and Quality of Primary Care

Primary care quality domain Unadjusted mean scoresa (95% CI) Adjusted mean scoresb (95% CI)
Counseled n = 132 Not counseled n = 156 P value Counseled n = 132 Not counseled n = 156 P value
Communication 85 (83–87) 78 (75–80) <0.001 85 (81–88) 76 (73–79) <0.001
Whole-person knowledge 70 (67–74) 62 (59–65) 0.001 67 (62–71) 59 (55–63) 0.005
Trust 81 (79–83) 79 (77–80) 0.08 79 (77–82) 77 (74–79) 0.06

aUnadjusted analyses account for clustering of patients by physician.

bAdjusted for sex, race, education, comorbidity, randomization, level of physician training, having met the physician previously, mean drinks per drinking day, alcohol problem score, and clustering of patients by physician