title: Work Predictors of Lapse in Patients under Treatment of Methadone Maintenance Therapy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Addiction to narcotics ‎can cause serious problems and ‎monetary losses. Therapeutic ‎success can be predicted ‎through identifying lapse risk ‎factors.‎
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Determining Job Risk ‎Factor of Lapse.‎
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross ‎sectional study on 351 addicts ‎visiting five methadone clinics. A ‎Data collection sheet consisting ‎of questions on demographic ‎and job information was filled up ‎through direct interviews. ‎Information relating to lapse in ‎the first month was analyzed.‎
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean (SD) age of ‎the participants was 40(12) ‎years; of them, 74% were ‎employed, of whom 34% had ‎lapsed. A relationship was ‎noticed between education ‎qualification (secondary school ‎compared with higher and lower ‎education) and lapse (p = .04), ‎and also between type of drug ‎abuse (amphetamine) and lapse ‎‎(p = .001).‎
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ‎ ‏ ‏‎ Lapse was more ‎dependent on type of drug abused, ‎and employment had a protective role, ‎with no correlation with the type of ‎job and other job conditions. Non-‎work factors mediated/suppressed the ‎role of occupational conditions.‎.
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehrdad
authors.affiliation: Occupational Medicine Resident, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Benafsheh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zarbafi
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pouryaghoub
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saraeei
keywords: Lapse; Methadone Maintenance Therapy; Predictors; work