期刊名称:The International Journal of Indian Psychology
印刷版ISSN:2349-3429
电子版ISSN:2348-5396
出版年度:2015
期号:32
页码:21
语种:English
出版社:REDSHINE Publication
摘要:Background: Many clinicians and researchers believe that “craving” an abusable substance is a central phenomenon related to addiction. Craving for alcohol appears to be intimately related to the loss of control over consumption and to compulsive alcohol use. Aim: To compare the scores of obsessive compulsive drinking scale with visual analogue scale, severity of alcohol dependence questionnaire and addiction severity index. Materials and Methods: Literate patients who met DCR-ICD-10 criteria for alcohol dependence syndrome were taken in the study and they must have been drinking alcohol daily till 1 week ago and the subjects were required to consume at least 6 standard drinks per day over the last month. Instruments used in this study were Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale – OCDS, Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire – SADQ, Addiction Severity Index – ASI ,Visual Analogue Scale – VAS, Mini Mental Status Examination – MMSE, Timeline Method – TL. Results: Among 40 patients, the mean age of these patients was 38 yrs (38.55+ 9.60). 95% of them were Hindus and 5 % Christians. 82.5 % were married. And 50% of patients have the income between Rs.15000-20000 per month. The correlation matrix of OCDS variables (OCDS-T,OCDS-O,OCDS-C),ASI-A,SADQ,VAS variables(G,F,I) and TL on all four follow-ups were measured. All correlations were positive and significant at p