Correlation between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol related milestones

Introduction: There has been association between a lowered age of onset and increased severity of alcoholism and subsequent development of alcohol dependence. This study was carried out to evaluate if any correlation exists between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol associated milestone...

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Main Author: Kirankumar N Vaghia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Telangana Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.tjpipstsb.org/article.asp?issn=2455-8559;year=2019;volume=5;issue=2;spage=104;epage=107;aulast=Vaghia;type=0
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description Introduction: There has been association between a lowered age of onset and increased severity of alcoholism and subsequent development of alcohol dependence. This study was carried out to evaluate if any correlation exists between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol associated milestones in male subjects attending de-addiction center at a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: Total 100 male alcoholic patients attending the de-addiction center were enrolled in the study after obtaining their informed consent. The course of alcoholism was recorded as per a list of 25 items which covered various alcohol related milestone like quantitative progression and physical and psychosocial complications. Results: Age of subjects at the onset of three drinking dyscontrol mile stones – daily, day time and morning drinking - were taken into consideration. Correlation between all these three milestones and various social and physical milestones such as loss of job, drunken brawls, tendency to borrow money for drinks, absenteeism, blackout, morning shakes, memory lapses and hospitalization were highly significant (P<0.001). Conclusion: Age of onset of three drinking dyscontrol milestones are significantly associated with various social and physical milestones.
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spelling doaj.art-a9a081c18e8c480bb4afc6e6e40fa5412022-12-22T04:35:34ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsTelangana Journal of Psychiatry2455-85592019-01-015210410710.18231/j.tjp.2019.023Correlation between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol related milestonesKirankumar N VaghiaIntroduction: There has been association between a lowered age of onset and increased severity of alcoholism and subsequent development of alcohol dependence. This study was carried out to evaluate if any correlation exists between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol associated milestones in male subjects attending de-addiction center at a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: Total 100 male alcoholic patients attending the de-addiction center were enrolled in the study after obtaining their informed consent. The course of alcoholism was recorded as per a list of 25 items which covered various alcohol related milestone like quantitative progression and physical and psychosocial complications. Results: Age of subjects at the onset of three drinking dyscontrol mile stones – daily, day time and morning drinking - were taken into consideration. Correlation between all these three milestones and various social and physical milestones such as loss of job, drunken brawls, tendency to borrow money for drinks, absenteeism, blackout, morning shakes, memory lapses and hospitalization were highly significant (P<0.001). Conclusion: Age of onset of three drinking dyscontrol milestones are significantly associated with various social and physical milestones.http://www.tjpipstsb.org/article.asp?issn=2455-8559;year=2019;volume=5;issue=2;spage=104;epage=107;aulast=Vaghia;type=0alcoholismdrinking dyscontrolde-addictionalcohol related milestones.
spellingShingle Kirankumar N Vaghia
Correlation between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol related milestones
Telangana Journal of Psychiatry
alcoholism
drinking dyscontrol
de-addiction
alcohol related milestones.
title Correlation between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol related milestones
title_full Correlation between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol related milestones
title_fullStr Correlation between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol related milestones
title_full_unstemmed Correlation between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol related milestones
title_short Correlation between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol related milestones
title_sort correlation between age of onset of drinking dyscontrol and alcohol related milestones
topic alcoholism
drinking dyscontrol
de-addiction
alcohol related milestones.
url http://www.tjpipstsb.org/article.asp?issn=2455-8559;year=2019;volume=5;issue=2;spage=104;epage=107;aulast=Vaghia;type=0
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