Characteristic | Control Group (n = 366) | Intervention Group (n = 346) | P |
---|---|---|---|
Age, years (mean ± SD) | 49.0 (16.0) | 46.0 (16.6) | .02* |
Sex | |||
Male | 71.3 | 68.1 | |
Female | 28.7 | 31.9 | .36 |
Household composition | |||
Lives alone | 22.2 | 18.4 | |
Lives with partner, children, or both | 77.8 | 81.6 | .24 |
Education | |||
Basic | 21.8 | 22.1 | |
Intermediate | 45.5 | 45.3 | |
High | 32.7 | 32.6 | 1.00 |
Smoking status | |||
Nonsmoker | 70.5 | 59.1 | |
Smoker | 29.5 | 40.9 | <.01* |
Comorbidities | |||
Presence of chronic somatic comorbidity without psychiatric comorbidity | 70.5 | 65.9 | .28 |
Presence of psychiatric comorbidity without chronic somatic comorbidity | 16.9 | 19.7 | .49 |
Presence of both chronic somatic and psychiatric comorbidity | 12.6 | 14.5 | .59 |
Attitudes toward alcohol use | |||
Less alcohol use improves health (yes) | 84.8 | 85.1 | .91 |
Less alcohol use is not enjoyable (yes) | 59.1 | 53.8 | .17 |
Less alcohol use complicates relaxing (yes) | 28.4 | 33.3 | .17 |
Importance of changing alcohol use | |||
Important | 12.7 | 14.9 | |
Neutral | 49.0 | 42.1 | |
Unimportant | 38.3 | 43.0 | .18 |
Values provided as percentages unless otherwise indicated.
↵* P < .05.