SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF PATIENTS USING OTHER SUBSTANCES IN PATIENTS OF ALCOHOL USE DISORDER

Abstract

Objectives: To determine prevalence of other substance with alcohol use and to determine socio-demographic prole related to alcohol use. Material And Methods:Analytical cross sectional study was conducted in smimer hospital for 6 month and 52 patients were included according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results:Among all AUD patients, most commonly other substance use were nicotine comprising 43 patients with nicotine use disorder (NUD).Out of the 52 patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD), 51 were men. Most 33 patients were below 40 years of age. Among all 44 were married. Half of the study participants by occupation were unskilled worker. It was found that person with income less than 10000 were more signicantly associated with patients having AUD with other substance use disorder. Conclusion: According to study ndings those people with low income are frequently associated with alcohol and co-occurring drug use disorder, making them more susceptible to further deterioration of their socio economic situation and pre- existing medical condition. The result of the study showed that medical co morbidity was more frequently linked to people who use alcohol and other drug concurrently. Present study result enlightens the area of focus that these patients should be identied and linked to de-addiction centre for further workup.