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Table 3 Impact of Intervention on Drinking Patterns (Cross Tabulation Results)

From: Effect of a communication intervention on alcohol use during pregnancy in post conflict Northern Uganda: a quasi experimental study

    

Group category

Size of the impact (%)

p-value

    

Contro

Intervention

  
 

Baseline

No

80

43.0%

114

48.7%

 

0.244

Ever Consumed Alcohol

Yes

106

57.0%

120

51.3%

  

Endline

No

84

40.0%

110

52.4%

 

0.011

Yes

126

60.0%

100

47.6%

  

Currently Drinking Alcohol

Baseline

No

47

44.3%

81

67.5%

 

< 0.001

Yes

59

55.7%

39

32.5%

−6.22%

 
 

Endline

No

60

47.6%

77

77.0%

 

< 0.001

  

Yes

66

52.4%

23

23.0%

  
  

Currently consuming

59

31.7%

40

17.1%

  
 

Baseline

Light drinkers

43

72.9%

19

47.5%

 

0.010

Binge drinking

Binge drinkers

16

27.1%

21

52.5%

  
 

Endline

Light drinkers

46

69.7%

19

82.6%

−38.30%

0.043

 

Binge drinkers

20

30.3%

4

17.4%

  

Frequency of alcohol consumption

Baseline

Infrequent

33

55.9%

30

75.0%

 

0.053

Frequent

26

44.1%

10

25.0%

  
 

Endline

Infrequent

52

78.8%

21

91.3%

6.55%

0.178

 

Frequent

14

21.2%

2

8.7%

  

AUDIT C SCORES

   

Group category

size of the impact (%)

p-value

  

Control

Intervention

Hazardous drinkers

Baseline

Non hazardous

101

95.3%

117

97.5%

  

Endline

Hazardous drinker

5

4.7%

3

2.5%

0.46%

0.368

Hazardous drinkers

Baseline

Non hazardous

120

95.2%

97

97.0%

 

0.501

Endline

Hazardous drinker

6

4.8%

3

3.0%

  

Alcohol dependence

Baseline

Non alcoholic dependent

57

96.6%

39

95.1%

  

Endline

Alcohol dependence

2

3.4%

2

4.9%

−1.30%

0.709

Alcohol dependence

Baseline

Non alcoholic dependent

54

91.5%

21

91.3%

 

0.974

Endline

Alcohol dependence

5

8.5%

2

8.7%

  

Harmful use

Baseline

Harmless use

59

100.0%

41

100.0%

  

Harmful use

Endline

Harmless use

59

100.0%

23

100.0%

  
  1. The Chi-square test was used to establish the effect of the intervention on various drinking patterns. The intervention was associated with reduced alcohol use(any amount), alcohol dependence and binge drinking