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. 2009 Jul;(16):131–141. doi: 10.15288/jsads.2009.s16.131

Table 2.

Study outcomes over 12-month follow-upa

Variable Baseline 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months Trend p b
Drinking behaviors
 Typical BAC (.47) (.003) (.002) (.603) (.937) .018
  Intervention .076 [.003] 057 [.004] .057 [.004] .059 [.005] 060 [.004]
  Control .080 [.004] .071 [.004] .073 [.005] .062 [.004] .060 [.004]
 Peak BAC (.21) (.003) (<0.001) (.309) (.646) .006
  Intervention .144 [.006] .112 [.007] .108 [.007] .110 [.008] .113 [.007]
  Control .158 [.006] .142 [.007] .145 [.008] .122 [.007] .118 [.007]
 Average no. drinks/sitting (.40) (.147) (.027) (.928) (.757) .064
  Intervention 4.69 [0.168] 4.029 [0.239] 3.818 [0.244] 3.982 [0.289] 3.969 [0.224]
  Control 4.90 [0.176] 4.497 [0.228] 4.559 [0.254] 4.009 [0.214] 4.043 [0.224]
 No. days met 5/4 HED in month (.46) (.322) (.031) (.534) (.942) .102
  Intervention 5.04 [0.339] 4.55 [0.464] 3.92 [0.399] 3.94 [0.414] 4.34 [0.439]
  Control 5.42 [0.366] 5.37 [0.484] 5.33 [0.570] 4.79 [0.554] 4.37 [0.554]
 Peak no. drinks in a sitting (.26) (.029) (.005) (.626) (.700) .046
  Intervention 8.15 [0.330] 6.87 [0.400] 6.52 [0.392] 6.71 [0.411] 6.71 [0.392]
  Control 8.68 [0.323] 8.03 [0.382] 7.98 [0.394] 6.92 [0.333] 6.92 [0.340]
 Average no. drinks/week (.23) (.033) (.007) (.134) (.700) .032
  Intervention 8.38 [0.549] 7.33 [0.627] 6.16 [0.558] 6.12 [0.534] 6.45 [0.555]
  Control 9.59 [0.619] 9.47 [0.715] 8.90 [0.733] 7.47 [0.635] 7.26 [0.620]
 No. times drunk in a typical week (.61) (<.001) (.003) (.078) (.727) <.001
  Intervention 1.14 [0.086] 0.854 [0.069] 0.713 [0.070] 0.936 [0.099] 1.31 [0.157]
  Control 1.11 [0.089] 1.24 [0.085] 1.10 [0.081] 1.33 [0.113] 1.70 [0.152]
Alcohol-related harmsc
 23-item RAPIsum score (.09) (.447) (.028) (.041) (.556) .030
  Intervention 14.1 [0.977] 6.22 [0.537] 4.96 [0.490] 4.58 [0.495] 5.80 [0.457]
  Control 16.1 [0.987] 7.80 [0.617] 6.55 [0.605] 6.17 [0.644] 7.36 [0.581]
 No. times drove after ≥3 drinks (<.01) (.005) (.549) (.998) (.542) .136
  Intervention 4.69 [0.735] 0.929 [0.180] 0.890 [0.175] 1.03 [0.154] 2.24 [0.268]
  Control 7.84 [1.28] 2.02 [0.334] 1.23 [0.257] 1.40 [0.242] 3.60 [0.882]
 No. times taken foolish risks (.184) (.004) (.685) (.485) (.261) .036
  Intervention 5.43 [0.753] 1.12 [0.227] 1.54 [0.353] 1.39 [0.301] 3.14 [0.780]
  Control 6.58 [0.896] 2.24 [0.347] 1.72 [0.321] 2.23 [1.10] 4.80 [1.26]
Readiness-to-change
 Readiness-to-change ruler (.14) (.644) (.984) (.312) (.539) .981
  Intervention 4.50 [0.192] 4.58 [0.198] 4.59 [0.207] 4.34 [0.210] 4.44 [0.209]
  Control 4.93 [0.211] 4.59 [0.189] 4.60 [0.196] 4.35 [0.202] 4.44 [0.199]

Notes: BAC = blood alcohol concentration; HED = heavy episodic drinking; RAPI = Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index.

a

Values in each postbaseline column represent: (p value) adjusted mean [SE]; (p value) in parentheses represents significance for treatment group differences uncorrected for multiple comparisons if overall trend p value is significant; if overall trend p value is not significant, (p value) represents significance for group differences with Bonferroni correction;

b

trend p value is from repeated measures analysis of covariance model adjusting for baseline measure and correlation of repeated measures over time; trend p value < .05 indicates a significant difference between treatment groups over time;

c

baseline and 12 months represent average frequencies reported in past 12 months.