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Table 2 Percentage of clients with a positive treatment outcome (non-problem drinking according to the AUDIT-C) at discharge and follow up assessments, separated by problem drinking at treatment admission

From: Treatment outcome, treatment retention, and their predictors among clients of five outpatient alcohol treatment centres in Switzerland

 

Discharge

6-months follow up

12-months follow up

 

Available data

(n = 308) (95 % CI)

Imputed data

Available data

(n = 523) (95 % CI)

Imputed data

Available data

(n = 502) (95 % CI)

Imputed data

Problem drinking at admission

55.5 % (48.7–62.8 %)

45.2 %

44.4 % (39.0–49.6 %)

41.1 %

46.1 % (40.7–51.5 %)

43.2 %

Non-problem drinking at admission

93.1 % (88.2–98.0 %)

86.6 %

81.9 % (75.5–87.7 %)

79.6 %

83.0 % (76.5–88.9 %)

80.4 %

  1. Notes: Available data: all available data at any time of assessment are considered; Imputed data: missing values were imputed using multiple imputation
  2. AUDIT-C consumption items of the alcohol use disorders identification test, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval. AUDIT-C cut-offs for problem drinking were ≥5 and ≥4 for men and women, respectively
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