Treating alcohol use disorder in the absence of specialized services – evaluation of the moving inpatient Treatment Camp approach in Uganda

Table 3 Course of alcohol use, alcohol-related symptoms and consequences as well as comorbid psychopathology over time

	PRE (n = 25)	FU1 (n = 24)	FU2 (n = 24)	Statistic F-Value/ Χ²-Value	η^{2 a}	Hedges’s g^b
Alcohol-related symptoms (AUDIT), mean (SD)^c	27.92 (7.33)	9.67 (8.92)	6.79 (3.83)	74.15***	0.77	3.49
Alcohol consumption in standard drinks on a typical day with consumption, mean (SD)^d	23.19 (12.80)	4.72 (6.26)	2.90 (2.47)	48.19***^e	0.69	2.13
Percentage of days with consumption, mean (SD)	69.76 (22.41)	18.13 (25.75)	19.59 (26.96)	45.02***^{e, f}	0.68	1.96
Obsessive thoughts related to drinking (OCDS), mean (SD)^g	12.00 (6.36)	4.83 (5.20)	5.09 (4.49)	18.76***^f	0.47	1.21
Compulsive drinking behavior (OCDS), mean (SD)^g	13.80 (4.52)	6.33 (6.16)	7.08 (4.58)	19.17***	0.47	1.43
Craving intensity in the past week, mean (SD)^h	5.84 (2.70)	3.04 (3.21)	2.83 (2.71)	10.91***^f	0.34	1.07
Craving frequency in the past week, mean (SD)^h	5.36 (3.16)	2.46 (2.90)	2.61 (2.81)	10.39***^f	0.33	0.89
Functioning impairment due to alcohol or other mental health related issues (LFS), mean (SD)ⁱ	0.31 (0.33)	0.06 (0.15)	0.08 (0.18)	10.27**^e	0.32	0.84
Stigmatization because of alcohol-related problems (PSQ), mean (SD)^j	0.82 (0.88)	0.26 (0.43)	0.25 (0.56)	9.86**^{f, k}		0.75
PTSD Symptoms (PDS), mean (SD)^l	2.08 (4.65)	1.39 (2.98)	1.88 (4.68)	0.05^k		0.04
Depression Symptoms (DHSCL), mean (SD)ⁿ	2.13 (0.68)	1.47 (0.50)	1.70 (0.69)	9.49**^k		0.61

Note. ^a Effect sizes of ≥ .01 are considered small, of ≥ .06 medium and of ≥ .14 large (n = 23). ^b Effect sizes are reported for PRE to FU2 only (n = 24). Hedges’s g is interpreted equivalent to Cohen’s d, i.e. values of ≥ .20 are considered small, of ≥ .50 medium and of ≥ .80 large. ^c possible score range: 0–40. ^d One standard drink is defined as a drink containing 13 g of pure ethanol, e.g. 1 bottle of beer at 330 ml and 5%. ^e The assumption of sphericity is violated, significance is reported according to the Greenhouse-Geisser correction. ^f reduced n = 22 for repeated measures ANOVA and n = 23 for Hedges’s g. ^g possible score range: 0–20. ^h possible score range: 0–10. ⁱ possible score range: 0–2. ^j possible score range: 0–4. ^k The assumption of normality is considerably violated, therefore significance is determined via the non-parametric Friedman test, Χ²-values are reported. ^l possible score range: 0–51. ^m possible score range: 1–4
significance: **p < .01, ***p < .001

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