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

Author:

Baumann SophieORCID,Gaertner BeateORCID,Bischof GallusORCID,Krolo FilipaORCID,John UlrichORCID,Freyer-Adam Jennis

Abstract

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> 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. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> 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 (<i>N</i> = 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. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Model fit was not significantly improved due to the inclusion of interaction terms between study group and sex (χ<sup>2</sup>[6] = 5.9, <i>p</i> = 0.439) or age (χ<sup>2</sup>[6] = 5.5, <i>p</i> = 0.485). <b><i>Discussion:</i></b> 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.

Publisher

S. Karger AG

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Health (social science),Medicine (miscellaneous)

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