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The Role of Sex and Age in Moderating the Outcome of In-Person and Computer-Based Brief Alcohol Interventions at General Hospitals: Reanalysis of a Brief Intervention Study
- Introduction: The aim of this study was to test whether brief alcohol interventions at general hospitals work equally well for males and females and across age-groups. Methods: The current study includes a reanalysis of data reported in the PECO study (testing delivery channels of individualized motivationally tailored alcohol interventions among general hospital patients: in PErson vs. COmputer-based) and is therefore of exploratory nature. At-risk drinking general hospital patients aged 18–64 years (N = 961) were randomized to in-person counseling, computer-generated individualized feedback letters, or assessment only. Both interventions were delivered on the ward and 1 and 3 months later. Follow-ups were conducted at months 6, 12, 18, and 24. The outcome was grams of alcohol/day. Study group × sex and study group × age interactions were tested as predictors of change in grams of alcohol/day over 24 months in latent growth models. If rescaled likelihood ratio tests indicated improved model fit due to the inclusion of interactions, moderator level-specific net changes were calculated. Results: Model fit was not significantly improved due to the inclusion of interaction terms between study group and sex (χ2[6] = 5.9, p = 0.439) or age (χ2[6] = 5.5, p = 0.485). Discussion: Both in-person counseling and computer-generated feedback letters may work equally well among males and females as well as among different age-groups. Therefore, widespread delivery of brief alcohol interventions at general hospitals may be unlikely to widen sex and age inequalities in alcohol-related harm.
Author: | Sophie Baumann, Beate Gaertner, Gallus Bischof, Filipa Krolo, Ulrich John, Jennis Freyer-AdamORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-107649 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1159/000526339 |
ISSN: | 1421-9891 |
Parent Title (English): | European Addiction Research |
Publisher: | S. Karger AG |
Place of publication: | Basel |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/09/06 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/12/01 |
Release Date: | 2024/02/27 |
Tag: | At-risk drinking; Brief intervention; Equity; Feedback; Patients |
Volume: | 28 |
Issue: | 6 |
First Page: | 455 |
Last Page: | 461 |
Faculties: | Universitätsmedizin / Institut für Community Medicine |
Collections: | weitere DFG-förderfähige Artikel |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 International |