Naslov
Alcoholism and its complications on psychiatric department of GH Bjelovar

Autori
Čatipović, Vinko ; Kudumija Slijepčević, Marija ; Drobac, Radomir

Izvornik
Alcoholism (0002-502X) 40 (2004), 2; 103-112

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
alcoholism ; deliriu ; epilepsy

Sažetak
The study deals with information about patients treated at the Psychiatric department Bjelovar GH, under the diagnosis of alcoholism in the period from 1993 until 2003. The aim of this study is to show the changes in the movement of the number of treated patients, to show the age and sex characteristics of treated alcoholics in the mentioned period of time and to investigate the subsequent complications. Results are displayed by a time tier, coefficient of determination R2 and percentage. An average share of alcoholics in the total number of hospital treated psychiatric patients added up to 27, 38%, (M:F=6:1), 19, 92% of the alcoholics was pre-delirious or delirious (M:F=8, 57:1), most of them aged from 30 to 59. 9, 64% of hospital treated patients have had alcohol-withdrawal attacks, majority of which younger aged (75% of pre-delirious subjects are aged 20-29 and 72, 17% of them 30-39 years of age.) Mortality of the delirious patients varied from 1 to 3 cases per year. Results of the study show a stagnation of the number of hospital treated alcoholics. Considering the current social-economics crisis in Croatia and the fact that social crises are accompanied by increased consummation of alcohol or a relapse of earlier addictions we can expect an increase of the number of hospital treated alcoholics in the following period of time.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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