Correlates of health-related quality of life in Thai patients with alcohol dependence

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the correlates of health related quality of life in Thai patients with alcohol dependence. The amount of alcohol intake was calculated by timeline followback chart and the health related quality of life was determined by Short Form-36 Health Survey. The means of the Short Form-36 Physical Component and Mental Component Summary were 67.43 (18.74) and 64.45 (20.90), respectively. Stepwise linear regression models showed the number of heavy drinking days was significantly correlated with the Physical Component Summary and Mental Component Summary. Such moderate correlations suggest that drinking and health related quality of life measures might tap different aspects of alcohol outcomes and should be concurrently administered.

Alcohol Dependence and The Quality Of Life

“…Alkol bağımlıların-da yapılan bir çalışmada, bağımlıların SF-36 yaşam kalitesi alt grup puanları kontrol grubuna göre birçok alanda daha düşük bulunmuştur (13,14) . Alkol-madde bağımlılığında sağlık hizmetlerinden daha fazla yararlanıldığı bildirilmiştir (15) .…”

“…Alkol bağımlılarında yaşam kalitesi hem yoğun alkol alımı sırasında hem de takip eden tedavi döneminde sıklıkla bozulmaktadır (2,14,16) . Bağımlılığın yol açtığı hastalıklar, kişilik bozukluğu ve psikiyatrik bozukluklar, iş kaybı ve zayıf iş performansıyla ilişkili olarak azalan sosyoekonomik statü ve psikiyatrik hastalıklar ile ilişkili zayıf duygusal durumlar, yaş ve cinsiyet alkol-madde bağımlılarında yaşam kalitesi için birer risk faktörü olarak belirtilmiştir (14,16,17) .…”

“…Saengcharnchai ve ark. (14) ise alkol bağımlılarında yaşam kalitesini aynı ölçekle değerlendirdikleri çalışmalarında en fazla olumsuz etkilenmenin fiziksel fonksiyon ve mental alanda olduğu belirlenmiştir.…”

Quality of Life and Its Correlates in Alcohol Use Disorder Patients With and Without Depression in China

“…Accumulated research evidence has shown that AUD impairs QOL and causes faculty loss. Many studies found that AUD patients reported poorer QOL compared with the general population (3)(4)(5)(6)(7), particularly in the emotional (8)(9)(10)(11)(12), mental health (13,14) and social functioning domains (11). However, the scores in the physical functioning domain were not significantly different between the AUD patients and the reference population (13,14).…”

“…Moreover, studies have also revealed that AUD is a risk factor (15,16) or even a primary cause of low QOL (17), which means that AUD might be used to predict subsequent QOL. Moreover, evidence indicated that the higher alcohol consumption or longer heavy drinking days, the lower levels of QOL (5,18,19). Importantly, studies have reported that alcohol abstinence and its maintenance could improve QOL in AUD patients (8,(20)(21)(22)(23).…”