Table 5.
Prevalence (%) of follow-up recovery status by baseline Type A and Type B membership and treatment utilization.
| Treatmenta | No Treatment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type A (n=81) | Type B (n=140) | Type A (n=751) | Type B (n=200) | |
| Recovery Status | ||||
| Remained alcohol dependent | 54.8 (6.6) | 59.8 (5.1) | 27.7 (1.9) | 43.0 (4.8)b |
| Partial remission | 26.6 (6.3) | 15.5 (3.8) | 44.0 (2.1) | 36.8 (4.3) |
| Asymptomatic risk drinker | 4.7 (2.9) | 9.1 (3.0) | 16.2 (1.6) | 14.5 (3.0) |
| Low-risk drinker | 6.2 (2.8) | 3.1 (1.4) | 7.6 (1.1) | 3.1 (1.4) |
| Abstainer | 7.7 (3.1) | 12.6 (3.1) | 4.5 (0.9) | 2.7 (1.2) |
Note: Standard errors are in parenthesis. Partial remission indicates non-alcohol dependent but reported one or more alcohol abuse or dependence criteria.
Alcohol treatment utilization is broadly defined to include utilization of specialty services (detoxification, inpatient, outpatient, and rehabilitation programs) and non-specialty services (Alcoholic Anonymous, family or social services, emergency room, halfway house, crisis center, employee assistance program, clergyman, physician or mental health clinicians) for one's drinking from baseline to follow-up.
Significantly different between Type A and Type B drinkers who had no treatment (p<0.01).