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. 2019 Feb 22;116(8):127–133. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0127

Table 1. Results ANCOVA for intention-to-treat analyses (ITT) for t1 and t2.

Outcome IG: mM (SE) CAU/WL: mM (SE) F value
(degrees of freedom)
Significance Cohen’s d
Primary outcomes
QFI (amount of alcohol in gram per day over the past 30 days) t1 40.8 (3.3) 56.8 (3.3) F(1. 606) = 11.608 0.001 0.278
QFI t2 32.3 (2.1) 44.1 (2.1) F(1. 606) = 15.966 <0.001 0.327
TFB (amount of alcohol in gram per day over the past 7 days) t1 34.3 (1.3) 43.7 (1.3) F(1. 606) = 26.664 <0.001 0.419
TFB t2 25.7 (1.5) 38.6 (1.4) F(1. 606) = 44.369 <0.001 0.54
Secondary outcomes
Days of Binge Drinking within the past 30 days t1 8.1 (0.4) 14.6 (0.4) F(1. 606) = 114.387 <0.001 0.873
Binge drinking t2 4.6 (0.4) 14.5 (0.4) F(1. 606) = 297.033 <0.001 1.4
Days of drunkenness within the past 30 days 2.9 (0.2) 4.6 (0.2) F(1. 606) = 23.208 <0.001 0.392
Drunkenness t2 1.5 (0.2) 4.4 (0.2) F(1. 606) = 83.469 <0.001 0.742

ANCOVA. analysis of covariance; CAU/WL. care as usual/waiting list; IG = intervention group; mM. marginal mean; QFI. Quantity-Frequency Index;

SE. standard error; TFB. Timeline Follow-Back method; t1 and t2. measurement timepoints after 3 and 6 months