Table 2.
Factors associated with receipt of brief intervention for alcohol among people drinking excessively visiting their GP in the previous year
| Factor | Intervention, n = 76a | No intervention, n = 1034 | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||
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| Odds ratio | 95% CI | P-value | Odds ratio | 95% CI | P-value | |||
| Mean age, years (SD)b | 47.6 (16.2) | 42.5 (17.9) | 1.35 | 1.07 to 1.71 | <0.05 | 1.32 | 0.99 to 1.78 | 0.06 |
| Female, n (%) | 12 (15.8) | 362 (35.0) | 0.35 | 0.19 to 0.65 | <0.01 | 0.44 | 0.23 to 0.87 | <0.05 |
| Lower social grade,c n (%) | 35 (46.1) | 450 (43.5) | 1.11 | 0.69 to 1.77 | 0.67 | 1.08 | 0.63 to 1.86 | 0.79 |
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| Region, n (%) | ||||||||
| North (ref) | 34 (44.7) | 546 (52.8) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Central | 15 (19.7) | 191 (18.5) | 1.26 | 0.67 to 2.37 | 0.47 | 1.18 | 0.59 to 2.36 | 0.64 |
| South | 27 (35.5) | 297 (28.7) | 1.46 | 0.86 to 2.47 | 0.16 | 1.30 | 0.73 to 2.32 | 0.37 |
| No post-16 qualification, n (%) | 25 (32.9) | 319 (30.9) | 1.10 | 0.67 to 1.80 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.40 to 1.29 | 0.27 |
| Children in household, n (%) | 11 (14.5) | 261 (25.2) | 0.50 | 0.26 to 0.96 | <0.05 | 0.80 | 0.39 to 1.66 | 0.55 |
| White, n (%) | 72 (94.7) | 1003 (97.0) | 0.56 | 0.19 to 1.62 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.12 to 1.21 | 0.10 |
| Disability, n (%) | 14 (18.4) | 114 (11.0) | 1.82 | 0.99 to 3.36 | 0.05 | 1.19 | 0.59 to 2.43 | 0.63 |
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| Smoking status, n (%) | ||||||||
| Never smoke (ref) | 21 (27.6)= | 424 (41.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ex-smoker | 23 (30.3) | 260 (25.1) | 1.79 | 0.97 to 3.29 | 0.06 | 1.27 | 0.64 to 2.51 | 0.49 |
| Current smoker | 32 (42.1) | 350 (33.8) | 1.85 | 1.05 to 3.26 | <0.05 | 1.14 | 0.59 to 2.20 | 0.69 |
| AUDIT score 8–40, mean (SD) | 15.5 (6.9) | 11.1 (3.7) | 1.17 | 1.12 to 1.22 | <0.001 | 1.17 | 1.12 to 1.23 | <0.001 |
a
The 76/1110 does not precisely correspond with the 6.5% estimate presented in the main body as those data are weighted. The adjusted model includes all variables in the table and month of survey.
b
Increase is per SD of the sample = 17 years of age.
c
C2DE. AUDIT = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. SD = standard deviation.