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. 2021 Mar 23;23(3):e24850. doi: 10.2196/24850

Table 3.

Pre- to posttreatment changes in substance use and mental health measures (n=51).

Variable Pretreatment Posttreatment t test (df) P value
Substance use occasionsa, mean (SD) 29.5 (14.0) 20.1 (17.8) −4.72 (50) <.001
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Concise, mean (SD)
Full sample 5.3 (2.9) 4.0 (3.2) −3.58 (50) <.001
At-risk at pretreatmentb 6.7 (2.0) 4.9 (3.2) −3.92 (38) <.001
Drug Abuse Screening Test-10 item, mean (SD)
Full sample 2.9 (2.7) 1.7 (2.4) −4.25 (50) <.001
At-risk at pretreatmentb 5.3 (1.5) 3.1 (2.6) −5.00 (26) <.001
Confidence scores (0%-100%), mean (SD)
Negative emotional 37.2 (28.4) 56.3 (27.9) 3.86 (50) <.001
Negative physical 49.2 (31.1) 64.8 (30.7) 3.41 (50) .001
Positive emotional 61.7 (28.2) 75.2 (26.8) 2.98 (50) .004
Testing personal control 51.7 (31.0) 63.4 (30.6) 2.42 (50) .03
Urges and temptations 37.9 (23.6) 57.5 (28.6) 5.52 (50) <.001
Interpersonal conflict 40.9 (28.2) 61.2 (31.1) 4.62 (50) <.001
Social pressure 43.8 (32.5) 63.4 (33.7) 3.64 (50) .001
Positive social 45.5 (31.6) 60.8 (30.2) 3.56 (50) .001
Overall confidence average score 46.0 (19.3) 62.8 (22.4) 5.62 (50) <.001
Bothered by cravings in the past 7 days, n (%)
Not at all or a little bit 16 (31.4) 27 (53) N/Ac .013d
Moderately or quite a bit or extremely 35 (68.6) 24 (47) N/A .013d
Pain intensity in the past 7 days, mean (SD) 24.3 (22.2) 24.2 (22.0) −0.02 (50) .982
Pain interfere with work in the past 30 days, n (%)
Not at all or a little bit 40 (78.4) 40 (78) N/A 1.00d
Moderately or quite a bit or extremely 11 (21.5) 11 (22) N/A 1.00d
Patient Health Questionnaire-8 item depression, mean (SD) 10.7 (5.3) 8.6 (5.1) −2.91 (50) .005
General Anxiety Disorder-7 item anxiety, mean (SD) 10.1 (5.7) 7.8 (5.3) −3.45 (50) .001

aReflects number of days of use summed across substances.

bAnalyses run for the subgroup of participants scoring in the clinical range at pretreatment, which are scores of 4+ for men and 3+ for women on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Concise and scores of 3+ on the Drug Abuse Screening Test-10 item.

cN/A: not applicable.

dP value obtained with McNemar’s test.