Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Item	Facilitated access n=346	Face-to-face n=415
Male (%)	214 (62.0)	255 (61.9)
Marital status (%)
Single	95 (27.9)	116 (28.4)
Married	208 (61.0)	247 (60.4)
Separated	28 (8.2)	36 (8.8)
Widowed	10 (2.9)	10 (2.4)
Ethnicity (%)
Bengali	1 (0.3)	1 (0.25)
Indian	1 (0.3)	2 (0.5)
Italian	328 (98.2)	391 (97.8)
North African	0 (0)	1 (0.25)
Mixed race	1 (0.3)	1 (0.25)
Black African	3 (0.9)	4 (1.0)
Familiarity with IT (%)
Not familiar	58 (16.9)	62 (15.2)
Fairly familiar	84 (24.5)	93 (22.8)
Familiar	91 (26.5)	119 (29.2)
Very familiar	110 (32.1)	134 (32.8)
Qualifications (%)
None	2 (0.6)	2 (0.5)
Elementary/junior school	112 (32.9)	126 (30.9)
High school	174 (51.2)	184 (45.1)
University	45 (13.2)	78 (19.1)
Higher degree	7 (2.1)	18 (4.4)
Age, median (IQR)	49 (37–59)	50 (35–61)
No of children, median (IQR)	1 (0–2)	1 (0–2)
AUDIT-10, median (IQR)	5 (4–8)	6 (4–9)
Hazardous/harmful drinker (AUDIT ≥8) (%)	95 (27.5)	123 (29.6)

AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test;