Nabi ZORLU, Himmet TÜRK, Ali İlhan MANAVGAT, BARIŞ KARADAŞ, Şeref GÜLSEREN

Denetimli serbestlik uygulaması kapsamında başvuran hastalarda sosyodemografik, klinik özelliklerin ve alkol kullanım bozukluğu sıklığının geriye dönük değerlendirilmesi

Retrospective studying of sociodemographic, clinical characteristics and extent of alcohol use disorder among patients applied by probation

Objective: Aim of this study was to study sociodemographic, clinical characteristics and extent of alcohol use disorder (AUD) among patients applied by probation. Methods: The file records of the 215 cases who gave at least one urine-blood sample applied to Izmir Ataturk Education and Research Hospital Addiction Unit Probation Policlinic at February 2010 have been assessed retrospectively. Sociodemographic characteristics, clinical char-acteristics of substance use and CAGE (Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener) scores and blood %CDT (carbo-hydrate-deficient transferrin) results of cases were used to detect AUD. SPSS 15.0 program has been used for the statistical assessment. Results: The average age of the sample was 29.4±9.1 year and most of the patients were male (%99.5). The lifetime prevalence of substances was cannabis %99.5, ecstasy %17.2, benzodiazepine %11.6, cocaine %5.6, heroin %0.9 and inhalants %0.9. %10.2 patients were positive for urine samples. %8.8 patient were positive for cannabis and %3.2 were positive for benzodiazepine. Urine samples positive group had higher unemployment rates (χ2=8.72, p=0.003) and higher CAGE scores (χ2=5.08, p=0.024). %37.2 patients had positive %CDT and %25.6 patients had positive CAGE scores. Discussion: The most important finding of this study is that higher unemployment rates in urine positive group and high AUD rates in all patients. The relation-ship between unemployment and substance use show that social and employment rehabilitation programs with medical treatment is important. High AUD rates show the importance of evaluating alcohol use in treatment.

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