OCCUPATIONAL RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC OR NON-ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE

The present study examines the presence of specific occupationalrisk factors in a group of patients suffering from alcoholicliver disease compared with a group of patients with non-alcoholicliver disease. The first group was more dependent on alcohol,with fewer social or psychological alcohol-related problems.The majority of them were employed, although more likely tobe employed in traditional ‘high risk’ occupations.They showed lower job satisfaction, and the total sum of allpreviously reported occupational risk factors was highly significant.This was the fitst empirical evidence in support of the importanceof the specific occupational risk factors previously postulated.