Alcohol Dependence Syndrome Among Older Adults Attending Psychiatry OPD of a Private Hospital in Western Region of Nepal

Khattri, JB; Poudel, BM; Godar, ST; Krishnamurthy, R.; Chakrabortty, PK; Thapa, Bikash Bikram

doi:10.3126/njms.v1i1.5796

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“…11 In a study done in Western Region of Nepal, 5% of total subjects had alcohol dependence syndrome. 17 This prevalence is slightly less than that of our study. Our study showed higher prevalence of alcohol dependence than similar studies done in other part of Nepal.…”

Section: Psychiatric Morbiditiescontrasting

confidence: 54%

Psychiatric Disorders in Elderly Patients attending OPD of Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern region of Nepal

Nepal

Sapkota

Kumar

et al. 2017

J Psychiatr Assoc Nepal

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Section: Psychiatric Morbiditiescontrasting

confidence: 54%

Psychiatric Disorders in Elderly Patients attending OPD of Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern region of Nepal

Nepal

Sapkota

Kumar

et al. 2017

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“…This patient was diagnosed to be suffering from alcohol dependence syndrome. Other studies done previously in Nepal found prevalence of 5%, 25 10.5%, 14 12.9%, 15 14%, 23 18.1% 13 and 19%. 16 …”

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confidence: 61%

“…One study conducted in the same Province area as the current study also found more elderly males to be suffering from alcohol dependence syndrome. 25 One study done in Nepal found more prevalence of alcohol dependence and dementia in the male population. 13 There is more prevalence of all psychiatric diagnoses in the patients less than or equal to 75 in this study.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychiatric Morbidities of Elderly Out-patients Attending Various Outreach Clinics in Gandaki Province of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Khattri¹,

Godar²,

Subedi³

et al. 2020

J Nepal Med Assoc

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Introduction: Dramatic growth of the aging population resulted in an increased number of mentaldisorders and such data are limited in Nepal. The objective is to find out the psychiatric morbiditiesof elderly out-patients attending Baglung, Kusma, Walling, and Dumre out-reach clinics in GandakiProvince of Nepal. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in 392 patients attending out-reachclinics of Baglung, Kusma, Walling, and Dumre of Gandaki Province for one year with the convenientsampling method. Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional Review Committee of ManipalCollege of Medical Sciences, Pokhara. The diagnosis was done according to the InternationalClassification of Disease-10 guidelines. Epi-info 7 was used and point estimate at 95% ConfidenceInterval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data and the analysis wasdone. Results: The prevalence of neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders 145 (37.0%) wasmaximum followed by mood disorders 111 (28.3%). Maximum cases were in between 66 and 75years, Brahmin and Chhetri caste, females, married, and from an extended nuclear family. Thereis more prevalence of female gender in all psychiatric diagnoses except in mental and behavioraldisorders due to psychoactive substance use. There is more prevalence of age groups of patients lessthan or equal to 75 years in all the psychiatric diagnosis. Conclusions: Neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders were the most common diagnosis.The risk of development of certain disorders based on gender and age group of the patients wouldbe helpful for case identification.

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“…Previous studies from Nepal have reported alcohol dependence syndrome in 5% of elderly patients,[ 8 ] and alcohol related disorders in 14%. [ 4 ] Similar high prevalence of alcohol related problems (11.7%) was found in our study.…”

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Psychiatric morbidity in elderly patients attending OPD of tertiary care centre in western region of Nepal

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Context:Aging of population is currently a global phenomenon. At least one in 5 people over the age of 65 years will suffer from a mental disorder by 2030. Study of psychiatric morbidities in this age group is essential to prepare for upcoming challenges.Aims:To find out the prevalence of different psychiatric morbidities in elderly population and to find out if there are any age and gender specific differences.Settings and Design:Retrospective review; Psychiatric outpatient department of Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal.Materials and Methods:Data for patients ≥ 65 years of age attending the psychiatric outpatient department of Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal, from 1st January 2012 to 15th January 2013 were collected retrospectively in a predesigned proforma.Statistical Analysis Used:Risk of having different psychiatric disorders was estimated using odds ratio.Results:The mean age of 120 patients included in this study was 69.67 (SD = 5.94) years. Depressive disorder (26.7%) was the most common diagnosis. There was no statistically significant difference in psychiatric disorders in >75 years compared with ≤75 years except for dementia [odd ratio (OR) (≤75 years/>75 years)=0.055, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.016; 0.194]. Alcohol dependence syndrome [OR (male/female)=7.826, 95% CI = 1.699;36.705] and dementia [OR (male/female)=3.394, 95% CI = 1.015;11.350] was more common in males.Conclusions:Depressive disorder was the most common psychiatric morbidity among the elderly patients. The odds suffering from dementia increased with increasing age. The odds of having alcohol related problems and dementia were more in males compared with females.

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Alcohol Dependence Syndrome Among Older Adults Attending Psychiatry OPD of a Private Hospital in Western Region of Nepal

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Psychiatric Disorders in Elderly Patients attending OPD of Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern region of Nepal

Psychiatric Disorders in Elderly Patients attending OPD of Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern region of Nepal

Psychiatric Morbidities of Elderly Out-patients Attending Various Outreach Clinics in Gandaki Province of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Psychiatric morbidity in elderly patients attending OPD of tertiary care centre in western region of Nepal

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