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. 2021 Oct 26;8(10):e29397. doi: 10.2196/29397

Table 4.

Unadjusted association between baseline characteristics and Peer Booster engagement.

Predictors Peer Boosters

0 (n=76) 1 or 2 (n=27) 3 (n=142) Test statistic (df) P value Effect sizea
Follow-up completion, n (%)

4 months 31 (17.42) 17 (9.55) 130 (73.03) χ22=65.6 <.001 .52

8 months 36 (19.57) 20 (10.87) 128 (69.57) χ22=48.4 <.001 .44

12 months 33 (18.97) 16(9.20) 125 (71.84) χ22=49.9 <.001 .45
Baseline characteristics

Sex (male), n (%) 57 (27.80) 22 (10.73) 126 (61.73) χ22=6.9 .03 .17

Age, mean (SD) 26.8 (6.2) 26.9 (8.1) 28.6 (6.9) F1,244=4.08 .04 .02

Race, n (%) χ22=6.1 .05 .16


White 68 (32.38) 19 (9.05) 123 (58.57)




Other 8 (22.86) 8 (22.86) 19 (54.29)



Hispanic (yes), n (%) 11 (31.43) 4 (11.43) 20 (57.14) χ22=0.0 .99 .01
Marital status, n (%) χ26=17.3 .008 .19

Married 16 (25.00) 3 (4.69) 45 (70.31)



Living together 16 (6.53) 7 (21.88) 9 (28.13)



Widowed, divorced, or separated 8 (25.00) 4 (12.50) 20 (62.50)



Never married 36 (30.77) 13 (11.11) 68 (58.12)


Highest grade completed, n (%) χ24=7.7 .10 .13

High school or less 18 (40.91) 4 (9.09) 22 (50.00)



Some college 45 (31.91) 19 (13.48) 77 (54.61)



College or more 13 (21.67) 4 (6.67) 43 (71.67)


Rank, n (%) χ24=4.2 .37 .09

E1-E4 45 (33.09) 18 (13.24) 73 (53.68)



E5-E9 29 (29.90) 7 (7.22) 61 (62.89)



WO1-WO5/O1-O9 2 (16.67) 2 (16.67) 8 (66.67)


Employed (yes), n (%) 69 (33.82) 19 (9.31) 116 (56.86) χ22=6.5 .04 .16
Household income (US $), n (%) χ26=12.0 .06 .16

25,000 or less 28 (37.33) 9 (12.00) 38 (50.67)



25,000-50,000 27 (36.00) 8 (10.67) 40 (53.33)



50,000 or more 18 (21.18) 7 (8.24) 60 (70.59)



Refused 3 (30.00) 3 (30.00) 4 (40.00)


Ever deployed (yes), n (%) 30 (25.00) 10 (8.33) 80 (66.67) χ22=7.3 .03 .17
Trauma exposure (yes), n (%) 26 (27.08) 10 (10.42) 60 (62.50) χ22=1.4 .50 .08
Illicit drug use (yes), n (%) 4 (33.33) 1 (8.33) 7 (58.33) χ22=0.1 .95 .02
Cannabis use (yes), n (%) 10 (30.30) 5 (15.15) 18 (54.55) χ22=0.6 .71 .05
AUDITb, mean (SD) 8.9 (5.1) 9.4 (5.5) 10.2 (6.1) F1,244=2.75 .10 .01
PHQc, mean (SD) 4.4 (4.9) 6.0 (4.9) 6.2 (6.0) F1,244=4.72 .03 .02
GADd, mean (SD) 4.8 (4.9) 6.9 (4.5) 6.7 (5.9) F1,244=5.43 .02 .02
Drink and drive, mean (SD) 0.3 (0.6) 0.1 (0.4) 0.3 (0.7) F1,244=0.84 .36 <.01
Readiness to change, mean (SD) 3.9 (3.0) 3.9 (3.2) 3.5 (2.9) F1,244=0.98 .32 <.01
Confidence reduction, mean (SD) 4.5 (3.1) 4.4 (3.5) 4.0 (3.0) F1,244=1.09 .30 <.01
SIPe-Impulse control, mean (SD) 1.0 (1.3) 1.2 (1.2) 1.0 (1.6) F1,244=0.24 .96 <.01
Motives to drink, mean (SD)

Social 5.4 (2.4) 5.3 (2.2) 5.4 (2.5) F1,244=0.02 .88 <.01

Coping with anxiety 3.8 (2.1) 4.4 (2.5) 4.1 (2.2) F1,244=1.19 .28 <.01

Coping with depression 5.0 (2.5) 5.8 (3.4) 5.1 (2.9) F1,244=0.02 .89 <.01

Enhancement 3.8 (2.1) 5.1 (2.2) 4.3 (2.3) F1,244=2.01 .16 .01

Conformity 2.6 (1.5) 2.9 (1.5) 2.8 (1.7) F1,244=0.47 .49 <.01

Physical 4.5 (1.9) 4.9 (2.1) 4.6 (2.4) F1,244=0.04 .83 <.01

aEffect size reported as Cramer V for chi-square tests and as R-square for F tests.

bAUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.

cPHQ: Patient Health Questionnaire.

dGAD: General Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire.

eSIP: Short Index of Problems.