Patient Self-Report of What They Plan to Do Regarding Their Alcohol Use, Including Only Patients Whose AUDIT Scores Were 5 or Greater
| Missouri Network | AAFP National Network | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage of Change 27 | Single Question No. (%) | CAGE Questions No. (%) | Single Question No. (%) | CAGE Questions No. (%) |
| AUDIT = Alcohol Use disorders Identification Test; CAGE = an acronym for a 4-question screening test for alcoholism (Table 1). | ||||
| Note: Within a given network, the 2 distributions are not statistically significantly different. Column percents may not total 100% because of rounding. | ||||
| Precontemplation | ||||
| “I don’t drink. ” | 7 (5) | 5 (5) | 3 (8) | 0 |
| “I don’t plan to change my drinking pattern because it is not a problem for me.” | 76 (53) | 62 (60) | 19 (48) | 16 (48) |
| Contemplation | ||||
| “I don’t plan to change my drinking pattern even though it may be a problem for me.” | 7 (5) | 4 (4) | 2 (5) | |
| “I’ll think about my drinking pattern.” | 16 (11) | 8 (8) | 4 (10) | 3 (9) |
| Planning | ||||
| “I’ll keep track of how much I drink.” | 13 (9) | 6 (6) | 3 (8) | 3 (9) |
| Action | ||||
| “I’ll cut down on my drinking.” | 17 (12) | 14 (14) | 6 (15) | 7 (21) |
| “I’ll quit drinking.” | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 1 (3) | 2 (6) |
| Maintenance | ||||
| “I’m a recovering alcoholic.” | 5 (3) | 2 (2) | 1 (3) | |
| Missing data | 2 (5) | 1 (3) | ||
| Total | 144 | 103 | 40 | 33 |