Health Condition 1: G- Mental Health
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with alcohol dependence will be recruited from the OPD of the Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Bathinda. Gender: male. Age group 36 to 55 years. Patients who have undergone alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT) criteria for the diagnosis of alcohol dependence
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with serious medical conditions, seriously sick, non-ambulatory, and non-cooperative patients. Patient of significant liver disease (cirrhosis of liver). History of drug dependence other than nicotine or caffeine. Clinical evidence of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Significant history of head trauma or brain surgery. Patient with organic brain syndrome, psychotic disorder, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It has been expected that relative to healthy controls, alcohol dependence patients may have poor cognitive scores evaluated by cognitive function tests ie MMSE and MoCA scores (as a primary outcome) Also reducing the rate of cognitive decline assessed by blood levels of thiamine (as a secondary outcome) among Indian population with alcohol dependence patients.Timepoint: all parameters will be recorded at single time point when they will come to Psychiatric OPD | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It has been expected that relative to healthy controls, alcohol dependence patients may have poor cognitive scores evaluated by cognitive function tests ie MMSE and MoCA scores (as a primary outcome) Also reducing the rate of cognitive decline assessed by blood levels of thiamine (as a secondary outcome) among Indian population with alcohol dependence patients.Timepoint: two months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Assistant Professor AIIMS BATHINDA