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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the control and intervention groups

From: Alcohol-related brief intervention in patients treated for opiate or cocaine dependence: a randomized controlled study

 

Control Group

(N= 52)

Intervention Group

(N= 60)

p Value

Age [(M (SD)]

34.8 (6.9)

34.2 (8.6)

0.6

AUDIT T0 [(M (SD)]

16.8 (8.3)

17 (7.6)

0.9

Category of alcohol consumption: T0 %

  

0.8

   Low-risk drinkers

0

0

 

   Heavy drinkers

44.2

43.3

 

   Alcohol dependence

55.8

56.7

 

Male (%)

71.2

75

0.6

Treatment (%)

60.8

40.7

0.1

   Methadone

9.8

11.9

 

Diacethyl morphine (heroin)

Patients without opiate substitution

29.4

47.5

 
  1. AUDIT = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; T0 = baseline.