Table 1.
Patient characteristics, means and standard deviations (SDs) for the total sample and split per group. Post hoc comparison gives a description of the direction of significant differences between groups
| Total | AUD | ARCI | KS | Other | P-value | Post hoc comparison | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 796) | (n = 91) | (n = 415) | (n = 210) | (n = 80) | |||
| Mean age in years (SD) | 56.63 (8.71) | 54.26 (10.00) | 55.98 (8.22) | 58.65 (7.81) | 57.44 (10.70) | <0.001* | KS > AUD, ARCI |
| Range | 27–86 | 27–76 | 29–78 | 37–77 | 28–86 | ||
| Sex (%)a | 0.375 | ||||||
| Male | 443 (73.8) | 53 (71.6) | 194 (71.1) | 139 (78.1) | 57 (76.0) | ||
| Female | 157 (26.2) | 21 (28.4) | 79 (28.9) | 39 (21.9) | 18 (24.0) | ||
| Level of education (%)b | 0.226† | ||||||
| Unknown | 54 (6.8) | 3 (3.3) | 12 (2.9) | 2 (1.0) | 37 (46.3) | ||
| Low | 203 (25.5) | 26 (28.6) | 107 (25.8) | 58 (27.6) | 12 (15.0) | ||
| Average | 417 (52.4) | 42 (46.2) | 238 (57.3) | 110 (52.4) | 27 (33.8) | ||
| High | 122 (15.3) | 20 (22.0) | 58 (14.0) | 40 (19.0) | 4 (5.0) | ||
| Mean duration of admission in days (SD) | 147.07 (116.57) | 98.08 (61.33) | 132.84 (101.39) | 232.61 (122.53) | 49.67 (82.14) | <0.001* | Other <AUD< ARCI <KS |
| Range | 1–690 | 1–254 | 1–611 | 5–690 | 0–624 | ||
| Mean number of admissions (SD) | 1.44 (1.00) | 1.27 (0.68) | 1.68 (1.24) | 1.17 (0.44) | 1.15 (0.64) | <0.001* | ARCI >AUD, KS, Other |
| Range | 1–9 | 1–5 | 1–9 | 1–4 | 1–5 | ||
| Mean abstinence duration in days (SD) | |||||||
| T0 (n = 299) | 77.37 (570.747) | 17.08 (28.78) | 87.11 (748.34) | 113.82 (460.19) | 8.91 (16.33) | 0.733 | |
| Range | 0–8897 | 0–165 | 0–8897 | 0–3653 | 0–81 | ||
| T1 (n = 463) | 107.68 (468.14) | 59.08 (40.12) | 106.30 (592.74) | 139.75 (367.77) | 57.61 (30.53) | 0.655 | |
| Range | 0–9082 | 5–228 | 0–9082 | 7–3703 | 10–140 | ||
| T2 (n = 313) | 220.04 (541.48) | 123.06 (48.71) | 220.01 (727.17) | 285.24 (268.98) | 79.43 (84.81) | 0.317 | |
| Range | 0–9228 | 51–324 | 0–9228 | 22–2408 | 7–241 | ||
Note: AUD = Alcohol Use Disorder; ARCI = Alcohol-Related Cognitive Impairments; KS=Korsakoff’s Syndrome; Other = undiagnosed or a diagnosis other than AUD, ARCI or KS; T0 = baseline/intake; T1 = after 6 weeks of clinical admission; T2 = at clinical discharge.
aonly unique patients.
bunknown level of education was excluded for group comparisons.
* P < 0.001.
†Fisher’s exact test was used.