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Table 4 Delivery of brief intervention and factors associated with delivery among adult medicine patients who screened positive for unhealthy drinking at an urban academic Federally Qualified Health Center (n = 225 patients)

From: Delivery of screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use in an urban academic Federally Qualified Health Center

Characteristic

Received brief intervention, n (%)

Adjusted odds ratio, 95% CI

p

Adjusted difference in percent screened, % (95% CI)a

All

122 (54.2)

Ageb

 

1.07 (0.87–1.32)

0.53

1.6 (− 3.4 to 6.6)

 18–29 years

46 (59.0)

   

 30–49

43 (46.2)

   

 50–64

27 (58.7)

   

 ≥ 65

6 (75.0)

   

Sex

 Male

73 (52.5)

Ref.

 

Ref.

 Female

49 (57.0)

1.24 (0.69–2.21)

0.47

5.0 (− 8.6 to 18.5)

Language

 English

111 (56.9)

Ref.

 

Ref.

 Spanish or French

11 (36.7)

0.42 (0.18–0.97)

0.04

− 20.3 (− 38.9 to − 1.7)

Visit type

 New patient

84 (56.8)

Ref.

 

Ref.

 Established patient or urgent care/walk-in

38 (49.4)

0.75 (0.42–1.32)

0.33

− 6.7 (− 19.9 to 6.6)

 AUDIT-C score

1.24 (1.04–1.47)

0.01

5.1 (1.2–8.9)

Chronic medical or mental health condition

 No

82 (53.3)

Ref.

 

Ref.

 Yes

40 (56.3)

1.01 (0.56–1.84)

0.96

0.3 (− 13.6 to 14.3)

  1. Defined as an AUDIT-C score of ≥ 4
  2. aRefers to the absolute difference in the probability of receiving a brief intervention, adjusting for all variables
  3. bAge categories used for descriptive statistics, age used as a continuous variable in regression models with a 1-unit change representing 10 years