work predictors of lapse in patients under treatment of ‎methadone maintenance therapy

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).‎ conclusion:‎ ‏ ‏‎ 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.‎