Assessment of Alcohol Use Contributing to Relapse and Maintenance of Abstinence in Patients Undergoing Alcohol De-Addiction at a Tertiary Care Centre, Hubli

Abstract

BACKGROUNDAlcohol de-addiction is a cornerstone in the treatment of alcohol dependence syndrome. Following de-addiction therapy many patients relapse and only few patients maintain abstinence. The clinical, demographic variables have been reported to play an important role in the dynamics of relapse and abstinence after de-addiction in many studies, but there is no clear cut association between the variables and outcome till date, so the present study was planned. MATERIALS AND METHODSInitially, all study subjects in the study were subjected to alcohol detoxification and later to alcohol de-addiction therapy. After de-addiction patients were recalled for evaluation for period of three months. The sociodemographic data and details of clinical variables related to alcohol use were obtained in a pre-structured pro forma prepared in the Department for the purpose of the study. Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ-C) was used in the study to assess the severity of alcohol dependence in the study subjects. RESULTSThere was no statistical significance result observed in relation to any demographic variables, clinical variables and outcome (relapse/abstinence to alcohol). CONCLUSIONIn this study, no significant association was found between sociodemographic variables, clinical variables and the outcome.