Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 21 No. (1-2), 1989.
Stručni rad
Some characteristic of the alcoholich undergoing treatment at the clinic of psychiatric diseases General hospital Osijek
Ahmed Delagić
Marija Anđelić
Nada Blagojević
Spomenka Grubišić
Sažetak
The total of 899 patients were hospitalized at the Clinic of Psychiatric Diseases General Hospital Osijek during one-year period (1st June , 1987 — 31st May, 1988). Out of that number, 283 patients (31.48%) were admitted due to alcoholism. The authors have collected and analyzed the data according to sex, age, residence, work activity, social status, entrance diagnosis and the death rate during the observed period. The most frequent cases in the observed sample were the alcoholics between 40 and 50 years of age (31.80%), followed by those between 30 and 40 (26.50%) and between 50 and 59 (24.03%). The number of alcoholics at the age of 20 to 30 (8.48%) roughly equaled the number of those over 59 (9.19%). During the observed period 284 male and 35 female patients were treated. The majoriry of patients came from urban areas (55.48%) and 179 males (72.18%) and 14 females (40%) were employed. Accordingly, there were 68.20% of patients covered by health insurance, 13.78% of pensioners, 7.06% of farmers, 4.24% of welfare cases and 5.65% of housewives. The most frequent entrance diagnosis was Dg. alcoholismus — in 98.79% of males and 35% of females. There were 26.61% of male and 28,57% of female patients admitted to the Clinic due to depression and alcoholism, whereas 36.29% of males and 28.57% of females were hospitalized because of the manifested asocial behaviour. There were 22.85% of cases of delirium tremens in females and 20.56% in males. In addition to alcoholism, the authors have found psychoorganic syndrome in 20.56% of male and 20% of female patients and symptomatic epilepsy in 22.17% of males nad 13.51% of females. Other diagnostic impressions were comparatively fewer in number. Out of 283 treated patient, 5 (1.76%) died due to cardiorespiratory insufficiency. All five were men: 2 pensioners, 2 farmers and one welfare case, whose entrance diagnosis showed the combination of alcohol and drug intoxication. The entrance diagnosis in other four death cases was alcoholic delirium. The authors refer briefly to the possibilities of treatment at the Clinic and mention detoxication therapy, occupational therapy and sociotherapy. They put special emphasis on the treatment within a therapeutic community, that is, family therapy.
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Hrčak ID:
196772
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Datum izdavanja:
1.12.1989.
Posjeta: 1.651 *