Latent class profiles
Class one comprised 149 (43.3%) participants, and was operationalized as the ‘low problem recognition’ class. Class two comprised 195 (56.7%) participants, and was operationalized as the ‘complex barriers’ class (Weighted probability of endorsing treatment barriers by individuals presenting to telephone-delivered alcohol treatment, by latent class (two-class model). Note: a statistically significant difference between classes in terms of their probability of endorsing a barrier denoted by 95% confidence intervals that do not overlap.Participants in the complex barriers class endorsed a significantly greater number of barriers (Participants belonging to the low problem recognition class had a moderate-to-high probability of endorsing most barriers in two domains: readiness for change and attitudinal barriers. Barriers in these two domains are commonly reported by alcohol use populations and taken together are considered to indicate low problem awareness and perceived treatment need (