Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Psychiatry 1735-4587 10 4 2016 02 06 273 277 EN Ramin Mehrdad Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Benafsheh Zarbafi Occupational Medicine Resident, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Gholamreza Pouryaghoub Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Maryam Saraeei Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2015 12 24 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.‎ https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/580 https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/download/580/534