Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

Correlation of Anxiety Symptoms in Persons with Alcohol Dependence and GGT Levels

Dr. Malar Moses

Abstract :

Background: Alcohol is one of the oldest and most commonly used substance of abuse. There is a high co–morbidity of anxiety symptoms in persons with alcohol dependence. The serum gamma glutamyl transferare is a common screening test for alcohol dependence objective. Materials and Methods: A care control study was conducted with alcohol dependence patients as cases and two control groups of which one were relatives and the other non–relatives were selected. The instruments administered were the other Alcohol use Disorders Identification Test, Addiction Severity Index,Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment scale – Alcohol (revised) and the Hamilton Rating Scale – Anxiety. Cases and controls were matched for age, marital status and social status. Serum GGT levels were estimated for cases twice and controls once. Results: There was a significant reduction in HAMA scores after deaddiction treatment. The mean HAM A scores on the 21st day of deaddiction was 6.03 with SD of 4.35. The difference was statistically significant between cases and control groups. About 43% of alcohol dependents had increased GGT levels. The mean GGT value of alcohol dependents on day 0 was 0.52 with SD of 24.49 and that of relatives was 3.30 with SD of 1.68 and that of non relatives was 3.37 with SD of 1.90. The difference was statistically significant. Person correlation and two tailed test was done between HAM – A scores and GGT levels. But there was no significant statistical co–rrelation. Conclusion: The findings of this study are clinically more relevant as earlier treatment could prevent and lower the psychopathology associated with alcohol dependence like anxiety.

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CORRELATION OF ANXIETY SYMPTOMS IN PERSONS WITH ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE AND GGT LEVELS, Dr. Malar Moses PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019


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