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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2017 Oct 19;259:316–322. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.10.026

Table 1.

Patient characteristics at baseline.

Overall Sample
N = 307
Patients without AUD
n = 158
Patients with AUD
n = 149


Variable M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) Pa
 Race/ethnicity
  —n (% White) 117 (38.1) 61 (40.9) 56 (35.4) 0.382
  —n (% Black) 67 (21.8) 31 (20.8) 34 (21.5) 0.989
  —n (% Hispanic) 65 (21.1) 36 (24.1) 31 (19.6) 0.409
  —n (% Asian) 43 (14.0) 18 (12.0) 25 (15.8) 0.435
  —n (% other/unknown) 15 (4.2) 3 (2.0) 12 (7.5) 0.056
 Age 37.00 (13.10) 36.49 (13.71) 37.95 (12.61) 0.330
 Gender—n (% female) 216 (70.3) 106 (67.0) 110 (73.8) 0.243
 Marital Status—n (% married) 129 (42.0) 71 (44.9) 58 (38.9) 0.341
 Employment—n (% employed) 114 (64.6) 102 (64.5) 102 (68.4) 0.547
 Income—n (% > 50k) 163 (53.0) 88 (55.6) 75 (50.3) 0.989
  PHQ-9 Depressionb score 10.26 (6.00) 13.49 (5.55) 14.36 (5.61) 0.170
  PHQ-9 Major Depression — n (% score > 10) 172 (56.0) 83 (52.5) 89 (59.7) 0.248
  PHQ-9 Functioning—n (% impaired) 159 (51.7) 75 (47.4) 84 (56.3) 0.148
  MCS-12 Mental Healthc Functioning score 26.17 (11.73) 30.10 (9.98) 28.98 (9.08) 0.282
  Alcohol use—n (% alcohol use) 283 (92.1) 134 (84.8) 149 (100.0) <0.001
  Marijuana use— n (% marijuana use) 124 (40.7) 76 (48.1) 49 (32.8) <0.001
  Opioid use—n (% opioid use) 20 (6.5) 8 (5.0) 12 (8.0) 0.408
  Sedative use—n (% sedative use) 16 (5.2) 8 (5.0) 8 (5.3) 0.891
  Amphetamine use—n (% amphetamine use) 7 (2.2) 5 (3.1) 2 (1.3) 0.492
  Stimulant use—n (% stimulant use) 7 (2.2) 5 (3.1) 2 (1.3) 0.492
  Cocaine use—n (% cocaine use) 5 (1.6) 2 (1.2) 3 (2.0) 0.947
  Ecstasy use—n (% ecstasy use) 9 (2.9) 4 (2.5) 5 (3.3) 0.928
  Psychiatry visits (average visitsd) 1.71 (2.87) 1.68 (2.46) 1.70 (3.21) 0.933
  MI treatment condition—n (% MI) 154 (50.1) 89 (56.3) 65 (43.6) 0.034

Note. N = 307. AUD = alcohol use disorder; MI = motivational interviewing.

a

Bivariate analyses were computed using χ2 (categorical) or independent sample t-tests (continuous) for differences between patients with and without AUD.

b

PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire; Higher mean scores indicate worse depression severity.

c

Mental Health Subscale (MCS-12) of the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12); Lower mean scores indicate worse mental health functioning.

d

Average number of psychiatry department visits within 30-days of baseline.