Prevalence of Alcohol and Drug Dependence in a rural area of Haryana: A study of De-addiction Centre

Abstract

The issue of drug abuse is one of the major problems of contemporary society. The incidence of drug abuse among rural areas is getting un-expectedly high. Aim: The present study is conducted to know the socio-economic profile of patients and to understand the pattern of drug abuse among patients attending the De-addiction Centre of BPS Govt. Medical College For Women Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana . Methods: Patients registered in the OPD of        De-addiction Centre of BPS Govt. Medical College For Women Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana were the source of the study. One hundred and eighty five (185) patients attending the De-addiction center were examine over a period of six months (October 2017 to March 2018), using a question here to elicit socio-demographic status, pattern of substance use were obtained by self reporting and corroborated from case notes. The diagnosis was made according to ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for research. Results: In the present study overall 98.91% of total study population were males proportion of substance abuse was found to be greater among the age group of 31-45 years olds (40.55%) majority of the patients were married (72.97%). Most of the patients were having up to 10^th or 12^th formal education. The most common addiction was tobacco (88.65%) followed by alcohol dependence (56.22%). Conclusion: Despite the associated medical, Social, familial and economical adverse effect of substance abuse. There are significant evidences of increase in substance abuse. The present results suggest that considerable number of working age subjects attending the De-addiction centre OPD suffers from substance abuse.