From: Screening and brief intervention for alcohol use disorder risk in three middle-income countries
Variable | Brazil | China | South Africa | ||||||
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Total (n = 1,046) | CAGE = 0 (n = 555) | CAGE ≥ 1 (n = 491) | Total (n = 308) | CAGE = 0 (n = 214) | CAGE ≥ 1 (n = 94) | Total (n = 457) | CAGE = 0 (n = 121) | CAGE ≥ 1 (n = 336) | |
Alcohol use screening in past year (%) | 24.9 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 38.0 | 33.5 | 48.3* | 15.7 | 6.6 | 19.0** |
Brief intervention in past year (%) | 5.9 | 2.5 | 9.8** | 22.0 | 18.0 | 31.5* | 10.2 | 1.7 | 13.2** |