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The Association of Untreated Mental Health Problems with Alcohol and Tobacco use Among New York City Taxi Drivers
Content Editor: Dr. Nivetha S
July 17, 2023 at 12:05:18 PM
Mental Health, Tobacco use, Alcohol use

#A cross-sectional study was conducted recently in New York among 1105 Taxi drivers to check if there was an association between untreated medical health condition and alcohol & Tobacco use, using Logistic regression modelling. #Evidently , there existed an association where the drivers with untreated mental health problems had 1.9X the odds of reporting current Tobacco use and 1.6X the odds of reporting current alcohol use( 95% confidence interval) than those without untreated health problems. #The need for timely screening of mental health problems among taxi drivers was certainly insisted
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