Factors influencing risk of relapse in patients with ADS in a tertiary care hospital

INTRODUCTION. Relapse refers to return to abusing the substance regularly after a period of abstinence. Studies show that intrapersonal and interpersonal factors play a role in relapse , individual and environmental factors influence the relapse. Identifying those at risk of relapse helps in taking adequate relapse prevention measures. AIMS: 1) To study the risk of relapse among patients with ADS. 2) To identify the association between risk of relapse and social demographic factors, alcohol related variables in study subjects. METHODS: A cross sectional study will be conducted on 50 subjects with ADS selected through purposive sampling. Diagnosis of ADS was based on ICD-10 criteria who attended a tertiary care hospital in Hyderabad , south India. INCLUSION: age above 18 years Abstinent for 1 week from alcohol CIWA score <10 SCALES ADMINISTERED WERE: 1) Risk of relapse will be assessed way ARRS (Alcohol relapse risk scale); 2) Diagnosis of ADS will be made using ICD -10 criteria. 3) Severity of alcohol dependence will be assessed with SAD-Q. 4) Intake proforma alcohol related variable like age at first drink, age at regular intake family history alcohol use , any treatment for deaddiction taken average intake per day , past history of abstinence, last drink (>4 weeks), medical , psychiatric sleep, appetitive other substance under CIWA score socio demographic data was entered into intake proforma. Ethics committee approval will be obtained before conducting study. Informed consent will be obtained from all study subjects. Privacy, confidentiality will be maintained throughout the study.