Patient-centered placement matching of alcohol-dependent patients based on a standardized intake assessment: process evaluation within an exploratory randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study sample at baseline

	Total (N = 250)		Treated at follow-up* (N = 127)
	n	%	n	%
Gender
Female	86	34.4	50	39.4
Male	164	65.6	77	60.6
Motivation for Treatment^A	M	SD	M	SD
Problem recognition – General	4.01	0.89	4.05	0.85
Problem recognition – Specific	3.00	0.97	3.06	0.95
Desire for Help	3.53	0.77	3.53	0.74
Treatment Readiness	3.99	0.75	3.96	0.80
Preferred Role in Decision making^B	121	48.4	54	42.5
Active	96	38.4	57	44.9
Shared	25	10.0	14	11.0
Passive	8	3.2	2	1.6
Severity of addiction^C
High	147	58.8	75	59.1
Low	103	41.2	52	40.9
Severity of psychiatric comorbidity^C
High	125	50.0	63	49.6
Low	125	50.0	64	50.4
Severity of social disintegration^C
High	75	30.0	14	32.3
Low	175	70.0	86	67.7
History of substance use disorder treatment^D
0 - 1	126	50.4	60	47.2
2	26	10.4	16	12.6
3 – 5	44	17.6	28	22.0
> 6	54	21.6	23	18.1
Trial Site
A	73	29.2	37	29.1
B	56	22.4	27	21.3
C	48	19.2	23	18.1
D	73	29.2	40	31.5

*Only patients who received treatment at follow-up were included in the regression analyses regarding factors affecting the matching process^A Results of the four subscales of the Motivation for Treatment Scale; ^B Results of the Control Preference Scale ^CDichotomous dimension scores calculated from the Measurements in the Addictions for Triage and Evaluation (MATE); ^D Categorical score calculated from the MATE

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