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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Jun 16;97(3):268–275. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.04.006

Table 1.

Baseline Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Study Sample

Characteristics Participants N=154
Age (years); mean ± SD 43.65 ± 9.64
Gender (males); N (%) 117 (76.0)
Education (years); mean ± SD 12.27 ± 3.66
Married; N (%) 73 (47.4)
Drinking days in past 3 months; mean ± SD 24.71 ± 26.72
Number of standard drinks per day; mean ± SD 20.87 ± 14.12
Severity of psychopathology (GSI; T-score); mean ± SD 49.95 ± 11.87
Severity of depression (BDI-II); mean ± SD 19.71 ± 11.54
Hopelessness (BHS); mean ± SD 5.88 ± 5.07
Impulsiveness (BIS-11); mean ± SD 71.66 ± 10.42
Prior suicide attempt; N (%) 66 (42.9)
Impulsive suicide attempt; N (%) 41 (26.6)
Recent suicide ideas; N (%) 26 (16.9)
Family history of suicide; N (%) 23 (14.9)

SD = standard deviation; GSI = General Severity Index derived from Brief Symptom Inventory; BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory version 2; BHS = Beck Hopelessness Scale; BIS-11 = Barratt Impulsiveness Scale

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