A study on socio-demographic characteristics of alcoholics attending the de-addiction center at Burdwan medical college and hospital in West Bengal

Sarkar, Aditya Prasad; Sen, Subrata K.; Mondal, Sambhu Charan; Singh, Om Prakash; Chakraborty, Amartya; Swaika, Bikash Chandra

doi:10.4103/0019-557x.111366

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“…Sarkar et al found similar higher prevalence of alcohol dependence in illiterate cases (45.99%) and unskilled labours (55.08%). 4 Kishor et al from Karnataka, India reported higher prevalence of alcohol dependence (70%) in cases who were unskilled labours. 6 Most of the alcohol dependence cases in present study were from lower middle socioeconomic status (44.92%) followed by lower class (27.53%).…”

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“…Sarkar et al in their study from Eastern India found that majority of the alcohol dependent cases were from the age group of 20-49 years (85%) similar to our results. 4 Another study from Bangalore, India found preponderance of the alcoholic cases in the age range of 20-50 years. 5 We found that majority of the cases were primary educated (50.72%) while occupation wise most of the cases were unskilled workers (37.68%).…”

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“…Various studies across India have reported a similar result of higher dependence in cases belonging to lower socioeconomic status. [4][5][6] Most of the cases in this study were from rural background (69.56%) and belonged to joint family (69.56%). This might be explained by the fact that most of the families in Barak valley are agriculture based rural population.…”

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“…It is indeed worthwhile to investigate the possibility of a hidden correlation between these two realities as we grapple with the burden of alcohol dependence in its current manifestation. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report 2010 alcohol per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol) in India has increased from an average of 3.6 for the year 2003-2005 to 4.3 for year [2008][2009][2010]. The prevalence of alcohol use disorder was 8.7% among men and 1.9% among women while that of alcohol dependence was 5.5% among men and 1.35% among women.…”

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Psychiatric morbidity and marital satisfaction: an empirical study on spouse of alcohol dependent cases in Barak valley, North-East India

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Background: Alcohol dependence poses serious threats to the healthy functioning of the family apparatus in a multitude of ways. The deleterious impact of alcohol dependence on the couple remains an area of genuine concern for mental health professionals across the world.Methods: 69 cases were selected consecutively from the Psychiatry Outpatient department fulfilling the ICD-10 criteria of alcohol dependence syndrome and the spouse of these cases were assessed to evaluate the pattern and severity of psychiatric morbidity and marital satisfaction. Statistical associations were found between the important variables.Results: Out of the 69 cases, we found that mean age of the alcohol dependent cases was 40.75±8.21 while that of their spouse was 33.91±7.86 years Most of the alcoholics had 1-9 years of alcohol dependence (86.95%) and severe alcohol dependence (47.82%) based on SADD score. Majority of the spouse of the alcoholics suffered from psychiatric illness (60.86%) with the most common diagnosis being depressive disorder (30.43%) based on ICD-10 criteria. Most of the spouse had lower level of marital satisfaction and presence of marital dissatisfaction was significantly associated with a more severe dependence among their alcoholic husbands. Increased duration of alcohol consumption was associated with higher severity of alcohol dependence. Also, the presence of psychiatric morbidity in the spouse was associated with increased years and higher severity of alcohol dependence.Conclusions: If the spouses are psychologically healthy, a good support system is ensured for them which is necessary to maintain motivation levels to leave alcohol.

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“…In other investigations from the Indian subcontinent like Khalid et al and Sarkar et al more than 90% of the sample population comprised of males only. 15,16 A meta-analysis by Reddy and Chandershekhar has also revealed a 10-fold difference in the rates of AUDs between men and women in India (men 11.9/1000 population and women 1.7/1000 population). 17 In present study, only 17.5% of patients had studied more than 12 th standard.…”

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A study of psychiatric co-morbidity among alcohol dependents

Kanwar

Sharma

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Background: The alcohol use disorders are frequently associated with other co-morbid psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study was to describe the demographic variables, drinking history and psychiatric co-morbidity in alcohol dependent subjects.Methods: In this study, 40 consecutive patients were enrolled. After a minimum 1 month of sobriety, patients who fulfilled ICD-10 criteria of alcohol dependence were interviewed for data collection using Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) (Version-6.0) and a specially designed sociodemographic and clinical interview proforma. Subjects with substance use except tobacco were excluded from study. Main group comparison used chi-square test for categorical variables and the t-test for continuous variables.Results: Most of the patients studied were >40 years of age. Majority were employed (92%), lived in nuclear families (78%) and came from rural background (77.5%). Forty five percent of the patients initiated alcohol drinking between 16-25 years and reported peer pressure (50%) as most significant factor responsible for initiation of drinking alcohol. Mean age of developing alcohol dependence was 25.12 years (SD=4.28). Mean AUDIT score for subjects was 27.7 (SD=4.73). Lifetime psychiatric co-morbid disorders were detected in 45%. Psychiatric disorders most frequently associated with alcohol dependence were major depressive disorder (10%), bipolar affective disorder (7.5%), dysthymia (5%), anxiety disorders (7.5%) and antisocial personality disorder (5%).Conclusion: The study indicates that psychiatric disorders are prevalent in alcohol dependents and mood disorders are the most prevalent ones. It was also observed that co-morbid psychiatric disorders are associated with more severe alcohol problems.

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Caregiver Burden in Alcohol Dependence Syndrome

Ramanujam

Karthik

Ramasamy

et al. 2017

Journal of Addiction

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Background Alcoholism is a major threat to the individual as well as the society and the maximum burden of the illness is borne by the family. Aim The study is aimed at assessing the pattern of burden on the caregivers of alcohol dependent patients and at assessing the relationship between the severity of dependence and the burden on caregivers. Settings and Design Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in the Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional assessment was done in 200 patients with alcohol dependence and their caregivers. The severity of dependence and the pattern of burden on caregivers were assessed. Statistical Analysis The data thus collected was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results The study demonstrates that caregivers of alcohol dependent patients reported significant objective burden and subjective burden. Furthermore, the severity of alcohol dependence and the domains of burden such as financial burden, disruption of family interaction, and disruption of family routine activities were positively correlated with high level of significance. Conclusion The current study has illustrated that all the caregivers experienced significant amount of burden which has to be addressed for better treatment outcome of the patients.

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A study on socio-demographic characteristics of alcoholics attending the de-addiction center at Burdwan medical college and hospital in West Bengal

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Psychiatric morbidity and marital satisfaction: an empirical study on spouse of alcohol dependent cases in Barak valley, North-East India

Psychiatric morbidity and marital satisfaction: an empirical study on spouse of alcohol dependent cases in Barak valley, North-East India

A study of psychiatric co-morbidity among alcohol dependents

Caregiver Burden in Alcohol Dependence Syndrome

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