Table 5.

Relationship Between Native-Specific Independent Religious/Spiritual Practices and Baseline Alcohol Use/Severity (American Indian/Alaska Native Participants)

Alcohol Use/Problems	M	SD	95% CI	Mdn	IQR	Z	p
Days consumed (past 30 days)a						−2.61	0.009**
Native practice (n = 6)	10.00	12.31	[−2.92, 22.92]	5.00	0.00-20.00
No Native practice (n = 39)	24.15	10.06	[20.89, 27.42]	30.00	23.00-30.00
Days intoxicated (past 30 days)a						−1.96	0.050
Native practice (n = 6)	10.00	12.31	[−2.92, 22.92]	5.00	0.00-20.00
No Native practice (n = 40)	20.73	11.66	[16.99, 24.46]	29.50	8.50-30.00
Typical amount (past 30 days)b						−2.40	0.017*
Native practice (n = 6)	10.34	10.49	[−0.67, 21.36]	8.81	0.00-21.12
No Native practice (n = 41)	31.25	24.11	[23.64, 38.86]	25.44	15.55-41.60
Peak amount (past 30 days)b						−1.30	0.193
Native practice (n = 6)	30.51	36.18	[−7.45, 68.41]	19.74	0.00-50.30
No Native practice (n = 38)	55.36	51.98	[38.28, 72.45]	44.53	23.36-62.21
Alcohol-related problems (SIP-2R) (past 90 days)c						−1.02	0.310
Native practice (n = 6)	1.53	0.70	[0.79, 2.27]	1.53	0.93-2.07
No Native practice (n = 44)	1.80	0.79	[1.56, 2.04]	1.70	1.30-2.53

Note: Baseline alcohol use and severity among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) participants, sorted by those who reported an independent Native-specific religious/spiritual practice (n=6) and those who did not (n=44). Responses from some participants for certain outcomes are missing due to nonresponse. Differences between groups analyzed using Mann-Whitney U tests.

^aAssessed using items from the Addiction Severity Index (ASI).

^bAlcohol quantity on typical and peak drinking occasions assessed using the Alcohol Use Quantity Form, modified from the Timeline Follow-Back (TLFB).

^cMeasured by Short-Inventory of Problems (SIP-2R), a 15-item 0-3 Likert-type scale for assessment of alcohol-related problems (0 = never; 3 = daily or almost daily).

^*p < .05

^**p < .01