Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of the 267 medical inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use (n=267)
| Demographics | |
| Women, no. (%) | 81 (30.3) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 45.0 (10.5) |
| Race/Ethnicity: | |
| Black, no. (%) | 129 (48.3) |
| White, no. (%) | 96 (36.0) |
| Hispanic, no. (%) | 23 (8.6) |
| Other, no. (%) | 19 (7.1) |
| Alcohol related diagnosis at hospital admission, no. (%) | 129 (48.3) |
| Alcohol diagnosis (past year)† | |
| No diagnosis, no. (%) (risky drinking) | 46 (17.2) |
| Alcohol abuse, no. (%) | 13 (4.9) |
| Alcohol dependence, no. (%) | 208 (77.9) |
| Alcohol consumption (past 30 days) | |
| Drinks per day, mean (SD), median | 6.9 (9.0) 4.0 |
| # of days with binge drinking, no. (%), median | 12.8 (10.7) 9 |
| Drug use (last 30 days) | |
| Heroin or cocaine use, no. (%) | 68 (25.5) |
| Marijuana use, no. (%) | 81 (30.6) |
| Readiness to change measures | |
| Visual analog scale*, mean (SD), median (IQR) | 6.9 (3.5), 8(5, 10) |
| SOCRATES**: | |
| Perception of Problems, mean (SD), median (IQR) | 35.6 (10.8), 39 (28, 44) |
| Taking Action, mean (SD), median (IQR) | 21.2 (5.8), 22 (18, 26) |
†
determined with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) Alcohol Module
*
“How ready are you to change your drinking habits?” 1to10
**
Perception of Problems, possible score: 10-50; Taking Action (commitment to change), possible score 6-30
IQR: interquartile range (25th,75th percentile)