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. 2008 Sep;6(5):435–440. doi: 10.1370/afm.884

Table 1.

Patient-Level Adherence Measures: Attendance, Working Alliance With Clinician, Patient Satisfaction, and Patient Drinking Outcomes

Variable N Mean SD Min Max
Medical management visits 1,162 7.8 2.4 1 17
Medical management clinicians seen 1,162 1.3 0.5 1 3
Patient’s total time spent in Medical Management visits, min 1,162 185 64 30 450
Patient Working Alliance Inventory score 4 weeks into Medical Management treatmenta 972 65.86 8.56 24 84
Patient end-of-treatment satisfaction with Medical Management scoreb 923 5.7 1.4 3 15
Days abstinent in each of months 1–4 of treatment, mean % 1,086 76 28 0 100
Days heavy drinking in each of months 1–4 of treatment, mean % 1,086 15 22 0 100

Max = maximum; min = minimum.

a Higher scores indicate stronger alliance; sum of responses on 12 questions on a scale of 1–7.

b Lower scores indicate greater satisfaction; sum of responses on 3 questions on a scale of 1–3.