Table 1.
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Entire Sample of Study Participants at Baseline
| Active training | Control training | |
|---|---|---|
| Males/females | 13/12 | 12/13 |
| Age | 49.6 (6.1) | 49.8 (8.7) |
| Education | ||
| Elementary school | 4.0% | 8% |
| High school | 40.0% | 36% |
| University/college | 56% | 56% |
| Marital status | ||
| Never been married | 8% | 16% |
| Married/partner | 76% | 48% |
| Divorced | 16% | 32% |
| Widow | 0% | 4% |
| Daily nicotine use | 48% | 50% |
| Previous had treatment for AD | 40% | 28% |
| Age at first drink | 13.9 (1.9) | 14.8 (1.9) |
| Age when alcohol problem began | 34.0 (10.8) | 32.7 (12.7) |
| AD DSM‐IV criteria | 5.1 (1.2) | 4.8 (1.3) |
| Heredity AD | 87% | 88% |
| OCDS total | 22.7 (7.0) | 21.9 (5.4) |
| TLFB 90 drinks | 421.7 (211) | 358.1 (156) |
| TLFB 90 drinking days | 64.3 (21.6) | 63.2 (20.1) |
| TLFB 90 heavy drinking days | 49.8 (28.2) | 45.0 (28.0) |
| TLFB 90 drinks per drinking day | 6.5 (2.9) | 6.0 (2.0) |
| Alcohol‐free days before inclusion | 4.1 (2.7) | 3.6 (0.89) |
| Number of completed training sessions | 19.7 (8.3) | 20.2 (7.7) |
| Percentage of completers | 76% | 80% |
| Digit span total | 15.7 (3.6) | 16.0 (3.5) |
| Digit span forward | 9.8 (1.9) | 9.0 (2.1) |
| Digit span backward | 5.9 (2.2) | 6.9 (2.0) |
Continuous outcomes are presented as mean (standard deviation). There were no statistically significant differences between groups on any of the outcomes.
AD, alcohol dependence; OCDS, obsessive–compulsive drinking scale; TLFB, Timeline Followback.