A study to understand what happened to patients with alcohol use disorders once they visit a tertiary care psychiatry center in South India
- Conditions
- Alcohol dependence,
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/12/060759
- Lead Sponsor
- Kasturba Medical College
- Brief Summary
**Title of the project:**A Naturalistic Follow-up Study to Assess the current Alcohol Use Status, Follow-up Rates, and Follow Up-pathways of Persons with Alcohol Use Disorders from a Tertiary Care Center in South India
**Aim**
Thepresent study aims to assess the alcohol use status, follow-up rates andfollow-up pathways of persons with AUDs after two years
**Objectives**
1. Toassess the current level of alcohol use of the patients
2. Todetermine the follow up rates of the patients with AUDs
3. Tostudy the pathway patients, follow after reaching a tertiary care treatmentcenter (service providers they visited, number time of visits, reasons andservices received)
Samplesize: we have a cohort of 110 patients who tooktreatment for the first time for AUD from the Department of Psychiatry KMCManipal and recruited for the pathways to care study in March 2021. As part ofthe current study, we are planning to contact all the 110 patients/familymembers over phone and collect the data.
**Tools used:**
**WHOencounter form:**Data on follow up pathways be collected by using the WHO encounter form whichwas used in WHO pathway study and thereafter extensively used in ‘pathway tocare’ studies across different settings and countries. It is a culture neutralquestionnaire designed to systematically assess sources of care used by patientsand it is available in the public domain (Gater et al., 2005).
**WHO,AUDIT**: It isa 10-item screening tool for assessing alcohol consumption, drinking patterns,and alcohol-related issues. Each question contains a range of options forresponses, and each option gets a score ranging from 0 to 4. A score of 8-15indicates increasing risk, 16-19 shows higher risk, and 20 or more indicatesdependence (Babor et al., 2001). It is available in the public domain.
**AnInterview schedule**will be developed to collect details regarding the current follow up status,reasons for drop outs from the study and other relevant information.
**processes:** Firstof all, the study will get clearance from Department Scientific Committee thenwill be submitted to the Institute Ethics Committee of KMC Hospital forclearance. Once we get the clearance, the 110 participants of study –titled“Pathways to Care of Persons With Alcohol Use Disorders; A Descriptive StudyFrom A Tertiary Care Center of South India IEC no- (IEC-669/2020) will belisted and their hospital numbers obtained from the previous proforma/ excelsheet. The Researchers will explain abut the study, objectives and process tothe study participants and obtain online consent from them. After that, thecurrent alcohol use pattern will be assessed using an AUDIT questionnaire. Thenit will assess the pathway the patients followed after consulting thepsychiatry tertiary care center (Department of Psychiatry, KMC, Manipal) usingthe WHO Encounter form. If the patient is not following up with the tertiarycare center, the reasons for not coming back also will be collected. One of thefamily members also will be interviewed to corroborate the information given bythe patient.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 110
patient with Alcohol use disorders and who participated in the previous study.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method the follow up pathway follwed by patient with alcohol use disorder once they report a tertiary psychiatry center 1 year after the hospital visit
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Kasturba Medical College
🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India
Kasturba Medical College🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, IndiaSamir Kumar PraharajPrincipal investigator8971026304samir.kp@manipal.edu