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Table 3 Sources of Encouragement or Pressure to Enter Treatment

From: Substance abuse treatment client experience in an employed population: results of a client survey

 

Weighted percent (standard error)

Received Encouragement/Pressure to Enter Treatment From:

Total

Prior treatment users

First-time treatment users

Family or friends

51. 6 (4.2)

51.2 (6.5)

52.0 (5.5)

Physician or other health care provider

24.4 (3.6)

25.1 (5.6)

23.9 (4.7)

Employer or supervisor

13.3 (2.8)

10.7 (3.9)

15.2 (4.0)

Coworker

10.7 (2.6)

13.1 (4.4)

9.0 (3.1)

EAP counselor (if initial service was not EAP) n = 114

5.7 (2.1)

7.0 (3.8)

4.9 (2.4)

None of the above

33.5 (4.0)

35.3 (6.1)

32.1 (5.2)

Total (row)

100.0

42.0 (4.2)

58.0 (4.2)

  1. All comparisons based on prior use of treatment are not statistically significant at p < .05. Chi-square tests used for all comparisons except EAP counselor for which logistic regression was used due to small expected cell sizes.