Table 4:

Excessive substance use, abstinence and psychosocial consequences* among patients who reported excessive substance use at baseline (n = 279)

OutcomeIntervention group, no. (%)Control group, no. (%)OR (95% CI)Intracluster correlation coefficient
Excessive use of alcohol, cannabis or both
 At 3 mo82 (73.9)85 (64.9)1.6 (0.9–2.8)0.022
 At 6 mo77 (76.2)78 (65.0)1.7 (0.9–3.2)0.003
 At 12 mo75 (78.9)68 (66.0)1.9 (0.9–4.0)0.029
Excessive alcohol use
 At 3 mo79 (60.3)69 (62.2)1.1 (0.6–2.0)0.058
 At 6 mo72 (71.3)73 (60.8)1.4 (0.7–2.8)0.052
 At 12 mo70 (73.7)65 (63.1)1.6 (0.7–3.5)0.083
Excessive cannabis use
 At 3 mo30 (27.0)24 (18.3)1.6 (0.8–3.4)0.052
 At 6 mo29 (28.7)28 (23.3)1.3 (0.6–2.5)0.028
 At 12 mo28 (29.2)18 (17.3)2.1 (1.0–4.4)0.034
Abstinence from alcohol
 At 3 mo8 (7.2)13 (9.9)0.7 (0.3–1.8)0.003
 At 6 mo12 (10.0)11 (10.9)1.2 (0.5–3.2)0.041
 At 12 mo12 (12.5)6 (5.8)2.5 (0.9–7.4)0.033
Abstinence from cannabis
 At 3 mo72 (64.9)97 (74.0)0.7 (0.4–1.2)0.003
 At 6 mo65 (64.4)87 (72.5)0.7 (0.4–1.3)0.013
 At 12 mo57 (59.4)77 (74.0)0.5 (0.2–1.0)0.033
Psychosocial consequences related to alcohol use*
 At 3 mo52 (46.9)58 (44.3)1.1 (0.6–1.9)0.065
 At 6 mo49 (48.5)52 (43.3)1.2 (0.6–2.3)0.115
 At 12 mo45 (46.9)47 (45.2)1.1 (0.6–1.8)0.000
Psychosocial consequences related to cannabis use*
 At 3 mo26 (23.4)20 (15.3)1.7 (1.0–3.1)0.000
 At 6 mo21 (20.8)21 (17.5)1.2 (0.5–2.6)0.027
 At 12 mo23 (24.0)15 (14.4)1.9 (0.9–4.3)0.034
  • Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.

  • * At least 1 self-reported psychosocial consequence of alcohol or cannabis use from a list of 9 possibilities.

  • Because of loss to follow-up, sample sizes ranged from 96 to 111 in the intervention group and 104 to 131 in the control group.