Patient-Reported Offers of Alcohol Treatment for Primary Care Patients at High-Risk for an Alcohol Use Disorder

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Table 1.

Participant Demographics (n = 349)

Variable	Participants
Age (years), mean (SD)	54.9 (15.2)
Married or living as married	129 (37.2)
Highest education completed
Not complete high school	18 (5.2)
High school or GED	119 (34.1)
Some college	159 (45.6)
College graduate or beyond	53 (15.2)
Ethnicity/race
Hispanic	92 (26.4)
Non-Hispanic white	184 (52.7)
Other	73 (20.9)
Insurance coverage and medical care
Insurance coverage outside the VA	133 (38.3)
All/most medical care through VA	291 (84.3)
High risk for alcohol use disorder
AUDIT-C score ≥8 only	146 (41.8)
AUD diagnosis code at screening visit only	116 (33.2)
Both AUDIT-C ≥8 and AUD diagnosis at index date	87 (24.9)
AUDIT score, mean (SD)	14.4 (7.3)
Mental health symptoms, mean (SD)
PHQ-9 score	5.9 (6.0)
GAD-7 score	4.8 (5.5)
SF-12, mean (SD)
Physical health score	46.5 (11.0)
Mental health score	50.9 (11.9)
Readiness to change
Precontemplation	40 (11.7)
Contemplation	182 (53.2)
Action	120 (35.1)
Drug use in the past month	38 (10.9)

Data are n (%) unless otherwise indicated.
AUD, alcohol use disorder; AUDIT-C, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test–Consumption; GAD-7, 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment; GED, General Educational Development; PHQ-9, 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire; SD, standard deviation; SF-12, 12-item Short Form; VA, Veterans Affairs.

Table 2.

Multivariate Logistic Regression of Formal Treatment Offer Receipt on Demographic and Clinical Variables

Variables	Any Formal Treatment Offer
AUDIT score	1.07 (1.03–1.11)^*
Age at screening visit	0.97 (0.95–0.99)^*
Married or living as married	1.61 (0.96–2.71)
Non-Hispanic white race	0.98 (0.60–1.59)
At least some college	0.72 (0.44–1.17)
Employment category
Employed	1 (Referent)
Unemployed	1.30 (0.63–2.67)
Out of labor force	1.08 (0.58–2.04)
All/most care received at VA	1.63 (0.78–3.37)
Readiness to change category
Precontemplation	1 (Referent)
Contemplation	2.34 (0.93–5.88)
Action	2.33 (0.89–6.10)
SF-12 measures
PCS	0.98 (0.96–1.00)
MCS	1.00 (0.98–1.02)
Illegal drug use or prescription misuse	1.66 (0.79–3.49)

Data are odds ratio (95% confidence interval).
↵* We used continuous measures for age and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT; full version) score (P < .05).
MCS, mental health score; PCS, physical health score; SF-12, 12-item Short Form; VA, Veterans Affairs.