Remission from Alcohol Use Disorder among Males in the Lundby Cohort during 1947–1997

Table 2

Previous contacts with healthcare and temperance board for subjects with AUD who reached remission n=64 and subjects who did not remit n=248. Any kind of contact with health care refers to all kinds of treatment facilities including stay in nursing homes.

	Not; remitted; N=248	Remitted; N=64
Contact with outpatient clinics, n (%)	88 (35.5)	25 (39.1)
In patient-care	160 (64.5)	55 (85.9)
In-patient psychiatric care	52 (20.9)	17 (26.6)
Any contact with healthcare	218 (87.9)	64 (100)
Contact with Temperance Board	116 (46.7)	30 (39.1)

Note: observe that participants can have had contact with various health care facilities.
Note: contact with health care facilities could have occurred prior to or after recovery.
Significant differences between subjects who recovered and subjects who did not recover were detected by Chi-square tests.