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