Justin Tanis
The power of 41%: A glimpse into the life of a statistic
The American journal of orthopsychiatry
several studies examined occupational factors associated alcohol use dependence however studies investigated role occupational factors associated longterm abstinence among persons treated alcohol dependence india examine occupational factors associated longterm abstinence among persons treated alcohol dependence sixty inpatients treated alcohol dependence selected using inclusion criteria governmentrun deaddiction center tertiary care teaching hospital bangalore patients followed periodically 1 year semistructured interview schedule used collecting data occupational factors associated longterm abstinence descriptive statistics chisquare test fisher exact test used data analysis positive trend showing selfemployed pf 174 p 045 skilled work pf 152 p 072 regular pattern employment pf 121 p 60 monthly mode income pf 143 p 76 factors associated abstinence among eight occupational variables employment status x2 40 p 04 welldefined working hours pf 618 p 04 significantly associated longterm abstinence among persons treated alcohol dependence occupational factors seem influence outcome alcohol dependence appropriate vocational interventions would effective promoting longterm abstinence