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The pattern of cognitive impairment in patients with Alcohol dependence syndrome
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MARIA ANNITA TELLCOTT, B.SRINIVASAN, VIDYENDRAN RUTHRAN, JESSIE JOSEPH, SABARI SRIDHAR O.T, KAILASH SURESH KUMAR, SHAJAHAN ISMAIL SABARI, KAILASH, SHABEEBA KULAH
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Alcohol dependence is highly prevalent in India and these patients when abstinent from alcohol following
treatment may be prone to develop cognitive impairment to varying degrees. The worst affected brain
functions are related to visual and spatial aspects, continuous motor incorporation, reasoning abilities, shortterm
memory.
The
study
was
a
prospective
cross-sectional
study.
Study
population
covered
all
male
sufferers
dealt
with for present day alcohol requirement syndrome, who have been preserved and were abstemious
from alcohol consumption for as a minimum 1 month. The examine changed into conducted inside the
Department of Psychiatry, Chettinad health center and research institute, that is a tertiary care teaching health
facility. The examine turned into performed for a length of 6 months. The scale used to evaluate the sternness
of alcohol dependence was sternness for alcohol dependence Questionnaire (SAD Q). The tools used for
assessment of cognitive dysfunction in the study were, Digit symbol replacement test, Passage test/ Trail
making test A&B (Wechsler’s adult intelligence test), Benton visual retention test (BVRT) and Wisconsin card
sorting test (WCST). This concurrent Neurocognitive impairment can lessen dependancy treatment
compliance, mitigate will increase in self-efficacy at some stage in treatment, and dissociate the typical
predictive courting between ingesting outcomes and trade approaches that perform during and following
treatment. Considering the scarcity of the existing literature and need for further studies, the existing study
was showed with andetached to study the pattern of cognitive deficiency in patients with Alcohol dependence
syndrome and factors influencing it.This work focuses on the Cognitive impairment is highly dominant in
alcohol dependence patients during the abstinence. The prevalence shows lot of variation depending on the
assessment tool used. Large scale studies are needed to appreciate the factors influencing cognitive impairment
in these patients.
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Benton visual retention test,Wisconsin card sorting test,Wechsler’s adult intelligence test,WHO,World Health Assembly,Quantitative parameters
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