The assessment of personality dimensions, tobacco smoking and depression among tretment-seeking male alcoholics
Background/Aim. The co-occurrence of depression and tobacco smoking among treated alcoholics is frequent, but understudied. Some findings suggest that there are some shared etiological factors, but a few clinical researches of personality dimensions among patients with these comorbidities were done....
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| author | Mandić-Gajić Gordana Eror Aleksandar Pješčić Nataša Dolić Mirko Joković Danilo Nikolić Gordana |
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| description | Background/Aim. The co-occurrence of depression and tobacco smoking among treated alcoholics is frequent, but understudied. Some findings suggest that there are some shared etiological factors, but a few clinical researches of personality dimensions among patients with these comorbidities were done. The personality dimensions, the pattern of cigarette use and depression and correlation of personality and depression among inpatient alcoholics were explored. Methods. One hundred primary male inpatient alcoholics were consecutively recruited. The eighty-six of them completed study and were compared with 30 age-matched, healthy male subjects. A semi-structured clinical interview related to sociodemographics, the pattern of cigarette and alcohol use and family history data was applied. According to cut-off on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), the alcoholics were divided into depressive and non-depressive subgroups resulting in half of alcoholics in each subgroup. The Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ) was completed. Student's t-test for differences and Pearson's test for correlation were used. Results. There were no significant sociodemographic differences between groups. Alcoholics were more frequent smokers (86% vs. 50%). They did not start drinking earlier, but they started smoking earlier, with higher daily cigarettes use than controls. On average, alcoholics had mild depression after detoxification. The personality dimensions did not show differences between groups, except neuroticism. The neuroticism showed significantly higher level among alcoholics vs. controls (12.72 ± 5.19 vs. 5.00 ± 3.36 respectively) and among depressive vs. non-depressive alcoholics (15.07 ± 4.89 vs. 10.37 ± 4.40 respectively). The depression correlated only with neuroticism (r = 0.487, p < 0.001). Conclusions. The majority of detoxified alcoholics were smokers who started smoking earlier, with mild depression and higher neuroticism compared to controls. Our results suggest that the alcoholics with high neuroticism may experience higher depression and may require more intensive integrative treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce51175f848340b8813d5ea9055ef4822025-03-02T00:54:53ZengMilitary Health Department, Ministry of Defence, SerbiaVojnosanitetski Pregled0042-84502406-07202018-01-0175435936510.2298/VSP160719290M0042-84501600290MThe assessment of personality dimensions, tobacco smoking and depression among tretment-seeking male alcoholicsMandić-Gajić Gordana0Eror Aleksandar1Pješčić Nataša2Dolić Mirko3Joković Danilo4Nikolić Gordana5Military Medical Academy, Clinic for Psychiatry, Belgrade + University of Defence, Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, BelgradeMilitary Medical Academy, Clinic for Psychiatry, Belgrade Clinic for Psychiatric Disorders “Dr Laza Lazarević”, Belgrade Military Medical Academy, Clinic for Psychiatry, Belgrade Military Medical Academy, Clinic for Psychiatry, Belgrade Clinical Center Niš, §Clinic for Mental Health, NišBackground/Aim. The co-occurrence of depression and tobacco smoking among treated alcoholics is frequent, but understudied. Some findings suggest that there are some shared etiological factors, but a few clinical researches of personality dimensions among patients with these comorbidities were done. The personality dimensions, the pattern of cigarette use and depression and correlation of personality and depression among inpatient alcoholics were explored. Methods. One hundred primary male inpatient alcoholics were consecutively recruited. The eighty-six of them completed study and were compared with 30 age-matched, healthy male subjects. A semi-structured clinical interview related to sociodemographics, the pattern of cigarette and alcohol use and family history data was applied. According to cut-off on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), the alcoholics were divided into depressive and non-depressive subgroups resulting in half of alcoholics in each subgroup. The Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ) was completed. Student's t-test for differences and Pearson's test for correlation were used. Results. There were no significant sociodemographic differences between groups. Alcoholics were more frequent smokers (86% vs. 50%). They did not start drinking earlier, but they started smoking earlier, with higher daily cigarettes use than controls. On average, alcoholics had mild depression after detoxification. The personality dimensions did not show differences between groups, except neuroticism. The neuroticism showed significantly higher level among alcoholics vs. controls (12.72 ± 5.19 vs. 5.00 ± 3.36 respectively) and among depressive vs. non-depressive alcoholics (15.07 ± 4.89 vs. 10.37 ± 4.40 respectively). The depression correlated only with neuroticism (r = 0.487, p < 0.001). Conclusions. The majority of detoxified alcoholics were smokers who started smoking earlier, with mild depression and higher neuroticism compared to controls. Our results suggest that the alcoholics with high neuroticism may experience higher depression and may require more intensive integrative treatment.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2018/0042-84501600290M.pdfalcoholismmensmokingdepressionneurotic |
| spellingShingle | Mandić-Gajić Gordana Eror Aleksandar Pješčić Nataša Dolić Mirko Joković Danilo Nikolić Gordana The assessment of personality dimensions, tobacco smoking and depression among tretment-seeking male alcoholics Vojnosanitetski Pregled alcoholism men smoking depression neurotic |
| title | The assessment of personality dimensions, tobacco smoking and depression among tretment-seeking male alcoholics |
| title_full | The assessment of personality dimensions, tobacco smoking and depression among tretment-seeking male alcoholics |
| title_fullStr | The assessment of personality dimensions, tobacco smoking and depression among tretment-seeking male alcoholics |
| title_full_unstemmed | The assessment of personality dimensions, tobacco smoking and depression among tretment-seeking male alcoholics |
| title_short | The assessment of personality dimensions, tobacco smoking and depression among tretment-seeking male alcoholics |
| title_sort | assessment of personality dimensions tobacco smoking and depression among tretment seeking male alcoholics |
| topic | alcoholism men smoking depression neurotic |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2018/0042-84501600290M.pdf |
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