African-American crack abusers and drug treatment initiation: barriers and effects of a pretreatment intervention

Table 3 Group Means at Baseline, and 3-Month and 6-Month Follow-ups

		3-Month Follow-up		6-Month Follow-up
Variable	Baseline	I (N = 198) C (N = 200)		I (N = 196) C (N = 198)
% Entered Treatment Past 90 Days ^a
Intervention		7.6		10.0
Control		5.5		8.7
% Made appt./tried/entered Treatment ^a
Intervention		20.2*		24.2
Control		12.5		18.3
	Mean (S.D.)	Mean (S.D.)	DF	Mean (S.D.)	DF
# Days Crack Use ^a,b
Intervention	15.1 (10.4)	8.5 (9.4)***	196	6.6 (8.9)***	193
Control	15.2 (10.5)	8.1 (9.3)***	199	6.3 (8.5)***	197
# Days Alcohol Use ^a,b
Intervention	17.3 (11.9)	12.8 (11.1)***	196	11.5 (10.6)***	195
Control	17.2 (11.8)	11.9 (10.7)***	197	12.0 (10.5)***	197
# Days Drank 5+ Drinks ^c,d
Intervention	10.3 (11.5)	6.0 (9.0)***	197	5.7 (9.1)***	195
Control	10.1 (11.7)	6.3 (9.5)***	197	5.9 (8.4)***	197
# Drinks/Day ^c,d
Intervention	9.3 (11.4)	4.6 (7.6)***	196	5.2 (9.4)***	194
Control	6.7 (7.4)	4.3 (4.1)***	196	4.6 (4.8)**	196

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001
^aComparisons are between groups
^bP-values are calculated using Pearson chi-square test
^cComparisons are from baseline to 3-month follow-up and from baseline to 6-month follow-up
^dP-values are calculated using paired t-tests'.
DF = Degrees of freedom

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