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Table 3 Mean, Standard Deviation, and Median for Views and Beliefs About AUD in the Three Groups

From: Alcohol use disorder and disability insurance in Switzerland: the attitudes and views of lawyers, insurance medical experts, and addiction-specialist therapists

 

Lawyers

Insurance medical experts

Addiction-specialist therapists

pBHc

M (SD)

Mdn

M (SD)

Mdn

M (SD)

Mdn

 

Disease view

 Alcohol dependence is a disease

4.79 (0.42)

5.0

4.71 (0.46)

5.0

4.93 (0.25)

5.0

.110

 Alcohol dependence is a disease like cancer: you cannot help having it

2.82 (1.19)

3.0

3.13 (1.11)

3.0

3.67 (1.30)

4.0

.066

 Alcohol dependence is best understood as a disease of the brain

2.93 (1.09)

3.0

3.30 (1.13)

3.5

3.67 (1.30)

4.0

.104

 Alcohol dependence is a disease of the psyche

3.96 (0.79)

4.0

3.95 (0.74)

4.0

4.47 (0.63)

5.0

.052

Moralist/choice view

 Alcohol dependence is an expression of weakness of character

1.86 (1.01)

2.0

1.43 (0.60)

1.0

1.20 (0.61)

1.0

.008

 Alcohol dependence is an expression of weakness of will

2.18 (1.16)

2.0

1.62 (1.02)

1.0

1.30 (0.84)

1.0

.003

 A person with alcohol dependence lacks self-discipline

2.32 (1.06)

2.0

1.86 (1.01)

2.0

1.67 (1.03)

1.0

.027

On- and offset responsibility

 A person with alcohol dependence is responsible for the development of his/her addiction

2.46 (1.11)

2.5

2.20 (1.06)

2.0

1.87 (0.94)

2.0

.208

 A person with alcohol dependence is responsible for managing their own addiction

2.29 (1.30)

2.0

2.14 (1.11)

2.0

2.60 (1.38)

3.0

.480

Treatment-related views

 A person with alcohol dependence can be treated successfully

4.07 (0.73)

4.0

4.24 (0.83)

4.0

4.53 (0.73)

5.0

.081

 In principle, withdrawal is reasonable for a person with alcohol dependence

3.96 (0.71)

4.0

3.86 (0.66)

4.0

3.87 (0.82)

4.0

.866

 The goal of an intervention for alcohol dependence should always be abstinence

2.93 (1.12)

3.0

2.76 (1.45)

3.0

1.90 (1.19)

1.5

.036

 When a person with alcohol dependence goes through withdrawal, this leads to a permanent improvement of their ability to work

3.36 (1.10)

4.0

3.05 (0.92)

3.0

2.73 (1.02)

3.0

.082