- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A study on the length of stay in substance abuse treatment and the relationship that age and physiological illness has on duration between cocaine addicts and alcoholics at Clayton General Hospital substance abuse unit
- Creator:
- Bullock, Michael D.
- Date of Original:
- 1989-04-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to compare the length of stay of cocaine addicts against alcoholics in a 14 day in-patient substance abuse unit. The following variables were considered in affecting the patients length of stay, age of patient and physiological illness experienced in withdrawal. The data was gathered from the Alcohol and Drug History administered to each patient admitted to the unit. Ninety patients (56 alcoholics, 34 cocaine addicts) that entered the unit between July 1987 and February 1988 were studied. Using a chi-square analysis, the study found that there was a significant relationship between age and completion of treatment for alcoholic. In contrast, the study discovered no significant relationship between age and completion of treatment for cocaine addicts. The study also found that there was a significant relationship between physiological illness and completion of treatment for both alcoholics and cocaine addicts.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1989_bullock_michael_d
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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