Table 1:
Characteristics of Adult Mental Health Patients Assessed for Unhealthy Alcohol Use (N=44106), Across Levels of Reported Alcohol Consumption
| Level of Alcohol Use Based on Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test Consumption (AUDIT-C) Scores | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Sample N=44106 | Nondrinking (Score 0) N=9762 | Low-Level Alcohol use (Score 1–2 Women, Score 1–3 Men) N=17038 | Medium-Level Alcohol use (Score 3–7 Women, Score 4–7 Men) N=15200 | High-Level Alcohol use (Score 8–12) N=2106 | ||||||
| Age (Mean, SD) | 43.3 | (16.7) | 48.0 | (18.3) | 44.0 | (16.1) | 40.1 | (15.6) | 38.8 | (14.2) |
| Male (N, %) | 16028 | (36.3%) | 3358 | (34.4%) | 6406 | (37.6%) | 5051 | (33.2%) | 1213 | (57.6%) |
| Race/Ethnicity (N, %) | ||||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 34367 | (77.9%) | 7339 | (75.2%) | 13272 | (77.9%) | 12134 | (79.8%) | 1622 | (77.0%) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 1983 | (4.5%) | 499 | (5.1%) | 760 | (4.5%) | 609 | (4.0%) | 115 | (5.5%) |
| Asian | 1965 | (4.5%) | 591 | (6.1%) | 766 | (4.5%) | 548 | (3.6%) | 60 | (2.8%) |
| Hispanic | 1503 | (3.4%) | 333 | (3.4%) | 603 | (3.5%) | 494 | (3.3%) | 73 | (3.5%) |
| Other | 2689 | (6.1%) | 643 | (6.6%) | 1025 | (6.0%) | 880 | (5.8%) | 141 | (6.7%) |
| Unknown | 1599 | (3.6%) | 357 | (3.7%) | 612 | (3.6%) | 535 | (3.5%) | 95 | (4.5%) |
| *Level of Depressive Symptoms (PHQ-8) (N, %) | ||||||||||
| Minimal or None (Score 0–4) | 8373 | (19.0%) | 1841 | (18.9%) | 3510 | (20.6%) | 2813 | (18.5%) | 209 | (9.9%) |
| Mild (Score 5–9) | 11075 | (25.1%) | 2192 | (22.5%) | 4473 | (26.3%) | 4008 | (26.4%) | 402 | (19.1%) |
| Moderate (Score 10–14) | 10324 | (23.4%) | 2188 | (22.4%) | 3914 | (23.0%) | 3707 | (24.4%) | 515 | (24.5%) |
| Moderately Severe (Score 15–19) | 8400 | (19.0%) | 1946 | (19.9%) | 3044 | (17.9%) | 2881 | (19.0%) | 529 | (25.1%) |
| Severe (Score 20–24) | 5290 | (12.0%) | 1366 | (14.0%) | 1886 | (11.1%) | 1621 | (10.7%) | 417 | (19.8%) |
| *Frequency of Self-Harm Thoughts (PHQ-9 Q9) (N, %) | ||||||||||
| Not at all (Score 0) | 32220 | (73.1%) | 6930 | (71.0%) | 12811 | (75.2%) | 11257 | (74.1%) | 1222 | (58.0%) |
| Several days (Score 1) | 7033 | (15.9%) | 1543 | (15.8%) | 2555 | 15.0%) | 2436 | (16.0%) | 499 | (23.7%) |
| More than half (Score 2) | 2348 | (5.3%) | 560 | (5.7%) | 814 | (4.8%) | 791 | (5.2%) | 183 | (8.7%) |
| Nearly every day (Score 3) | 1821 | (4.1%) | 494 | (5.1%) | 629 | (3.7%) | 535 | (3.5%) | 163 | (7.7%) |
| Mental Health Diagnoses, Prior Year (N, %) | ||||||||||
| Anxiety disorder | 25766 | (58.4%) | 5876 | (60.2%) | 9793 | (57.5%) | 8834 | (58.1%) | 1263 | (60.0%) |
| Depressive disorder | 31294 | (71.0%) | 6918 | (70.9%) | 11946 | (70.1%) | 10785 | (71.0%) | 1645 | (78.1%) |
| †Serious mental illness diagnosis | 6202 | (14.1%) | 2008 | (20.6%) | 2353 | (13.8%) | 1569 | (10.3%) | 272 | (12.9%) |
| Prior suicide attempt | 530 | (1.2%) | 136 | (1.4%) | 164 | (1.0%) | 171 | (1.1%) | 59 | (2.8%) |
| ‡Charlson Score | 0.5 | (1.2) | 0.8 | (1.5) | 0.5 | (1.2) | 0.3 | (0.8) | 0.3 | (0.9) |
| Alcohol Use Disorder Diagnosis | 1709 | (3.9%) | 189 | (1.9%) | 182 | (1.1%) | 592 | (3.9%) | 746 | (35.4%) |
Time-varying information defined at the time of the first outpatient mental health visit during the study period.
*
Recorded via self-report on the PHQ-9 about the prior two weeks during same visit as AUDIT-C; PHQ8 score missing for 644 individuals & PHQ-9 Q9 missing for 684 individuals, so columns for these variable do not total 100% across alcohol consumption categories.
†
Diagnosis of bipolar, schizophrenia, other psychosis or personality disorders.
‡
Missing for 2467 individuals without ambulatory or inpatient encounters in which to observe comorbidities during 365 days prior to the first visit.