Table 2.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) attendance, anger, and alcohol-use outcomes, by study arm
| Aftercare (n =764) |
Outpatient (n = 942) |
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| Variable | 0 months | 3 months | 9 months | 15 months | 0 months | 3 months | 9 months | 15 months |
| Any AA, % | 81.3 | 84.9 | 56.5 | 53.6 | 38.8 | 46.2 | 29.4 | 30.2 |
| AA, M (SD) | 23.2 (42.2) | 32.4 (32.3) | 19.0 (27.3) | 17.4 (26.1) | 9.8 (33.6) | 11.0 (20.3) | 7.8 (18.9) | 7.7 (18.5) |
| Anger, M (SD) | 30.8 (7.6) | 28.7 (7.6) | 27.7 (7.4) | 27.4 (7.9) | 29.5 (7.2) | 27.0 (6.7) | 26.4 (7.0) | 25.6 (6.6) |
| PDA, M (SD) | 26.7 (29.6) | 90.0 (21.3) | 80.9 (29.9) | 79.5 (31.9) | 34.2 (29.9) | 79.9 (27.3) | 73.9 (31.2) | 72.9 (33.3) |
| DDD, M (SD) | 20.3 (11.9) | 6.0 (9.7) | 6.9 (9.9) | 6.3 (9.4) | 13.5 (8.0) | 7.5 (8.0) | 6.3 (6.6) | 5.8 (6.2) |
Notes: PDA = percentage of days abstinent; DDD = drinks per drinking day.