| Outpatients in clinical treatment | Help-seekers from the general population | ||||
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Total (n = 56) | Psychiatry (n = 45) | Addiction (n = 11) | Total (n = 192) | Helpline (n = 3) | Internet (n = 189) | |
Intervention group/control group (%) | 42/14 (75/25) | 32/13 (71/29) | 10/1 (91/9) | 130/62 (68/32) | 3/0 (100/0) | 127/62 (67/33) |
Brief/extensive intervention (%) | 22/20 (52/48) | 16/16 (50/50) | 6/4 (60/40) | 64/66 (49/51) | 3/0 (100/0) | 61/66 (48/52) |
Men/women (%) | 24/32 (43/57) | 17/28 (38/62) | 7/4 (64/36) | 94/36 (49/51) | 1/2 (33/66) | 93/96 (49/51) |
Age, mean (SD) | 40.5 (14.0) | 37.8 (13.1)a, b | 51.6 (12.2)a, c | 43.8 (13.3) | 25.0 (6.6)c, d | 44.1 (13.2)b, d |
AUDIT | ||||||
 Probable dependence (%) | 37 (66) | 28 (62) | 9 (82) | 125 (65) | 2 (67) | 123 (65) |
 Harmful use (%) | 8 (14) | 6 (13) | 2 (18) | 36 (19) | 0 (0) | 36 (19) |
 Hazardous use (%) | 11 (20) | 11 (25) | 0 (0) | 31 (16) | 1 (33) | 30 (16) |
 Total score, mean (SD) | 22.2 (7.1) | 21.4 (7.3) | 25.5 (5.3)e | 21.7 (5.5) | 17.7 (9.5) | 21.7 (5.5)e |
 AUDIT-C score, mean (SD) | 8.7 (2.3) | 8.6 (2.3)f | 10.1 (1.8)f, g | 8.8 (1.8) | 7.7 (4.5) | 8.9 (1.8)g |
 Alcohol problem scale, mean (SD) | 13.4 (5.2) | 12.9 (5.3) | 15.4 (4.3) | 12.8 (4.3) | 10.0 (5.2) | 12.8 (4.3) |