Statistical comparisons of two groups’ SADQ-C scores’ mean (SD) at different stages of the treatment
| Group (n) | Before treatment | The fourth week | The eighth week | The twelfth week | Ftime | ptime | Fbetween-group | pbetween-group | Ftime*between-group | ptime*between-group |
| The experiment group (31) | 44.42 (7.78) | 32.39 (9.73) | 24.45 (12.52) | 21.32 (13.96) | 162.17 | <0.001 | 5.23 | 0.026 | 9.38 | 0.001 |
| The control group (32) | 43.97(7.79） | 40.47 (7.65) | 32.03 (11.69) | 29.72 (13.45) |
Repeated ANOVA measure was used to compare the SADQ-C scores between the experiment group and control group across the time line. In addition, contrast analysis was used to compare two groups’ SADQ-C scores between the fourth week and baseline (Ftimexgroup=30.84, p<0.001), the eighth week and baseline (Ftimexgroup=81.44, p<0.001), and the twelfth week and baseline (Ftimexgroup=79.68, p<0.001).
ANOVA, analysis of variance; SDAQ-C, Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire.