title: A survey on the prevalence of alcoholism among the faculty and house staff of an academic teaching hospital.
abstract: We studied the extent of alcoholism among faculty and house staff of an urban, university-based teaching hospital. Of 569 questionnaires sent, 282 (50%) were returned and 271 of these were complete enough to be interpretable. Of those responding, 12 (4%) were classified as alcoholic and 26 (10%) as possibly alcoholic. There was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of alcoholism in physicians from the different medical specialties or in regard to gender. Nevertheless, with 14% of the respondents to our questionnaire being classified as either alcoholics or possible alcoholics, it appears that this is a pervasive problem in our profession that deserves further study.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism; D002140:California; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D000078329:Workforce