Table 6.
Significant predictors of variation in patient‐level treatment helpfulness between patients receiving treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) compared to other diagnostic categories decomposed through associations with the helpfulness of individual professionals and persistence in help‐seeking pooled across number of professionals seen
| Patient‐level treatment helpfulness | Helpfulness of individual professionals | Persistence in help‐seeking after prior unhelpful treatment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RR | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI | |
| Gender (female) | ||||||
| AUD | 0.78* | 0.64‐0.96 | 0.77* | 0.61‐0.97 | 0.98 | 0.91‐1.06 |
| Others | 1.05* | 1.00‐1.10 | 1.07* | 1.00‐1.14 | 1.02 | 0.99‐1.04 |
| Treatment type (psychotherapy) | ||||||
| AUD | 1.44* | 1.14‐1.82 | 1.09 | 0.82‐1.45 | 1.20* | 1.07‐1.36 |
| Others | 1.01 | 0.95‐1.07 | 0.92* | 0.84‐1.00 | 1.04 | 1.00‐1.07 |
*
significant at the 0.05 level, RR – adjusted risk ratio, CI – confidence interval