Evaluation of an inpatient alcohol rehabilitation programme.
A retrospective matching procedure was used to form a control group of 145 men who underwent detoxification, but unlike the treatment group did not enter the Quo Vadis Hospital rehabilitation programme. On a wide range of variables for which data was obtained at follow-up interview, respondents in the two groups were very similar. By contrast, official records data showed that the treatment group had significantly more readmissions to the detoxification hospital during the follow-up period than the control group. A number of methodological issues are briefly discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001315:Australia; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged