Prevalence of Alcohol Withdrawal State in Male Orthopaedic Ward

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Published: Sep 6, 2018

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Thammasak Auchayasawat
Department of Orthopaedics, Sisaket Hospital, Sisaket, Thailand

Abstract

Background: Problem of alcohol dependence and alcohol abuse has been in creasing. Immediate reduction of alcohol consumption in person with alcohol dependence provokes alcohol withdrawal state. Moreover excessive drinking can cause of traffic accident, falling and occupational accident. Injured patients presented at emergency department who were detected alcohol level breath were at risk alcohol withdrawal state during hospitalization.
Objective: To study the prevalence of alcohol withdrawal state and correlation among length of stay and cost of care in patient of male orthopaedic ward.
Setting: Sisaket hospital
Research design: Retrospective study
Material & Methods: Data was collected from 82 inpatient medical records of patients admitted in male orthopaedic ward, Sisaket hospital with following co-morbid diagnosis 1. Alcohol, acute intoxication 2. Alcohol, harmful use or 3. Alcohol dependence during 1 October 2012 to 31 August 2013. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics included number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum value. Chi-square test was used as inferential statistics.
Results: Prevalence of alcohol withdrawal state in male orthopaedic ward, Sisaket hospital was (41.5%). Most of patients were married (48.8%) and agricultural worker (51.2%). average age of patients was 37.8 ±13 years. The most frequent diagnosis was cerebral concussion without open intracranial wound (30.5%). There was a statistically significant difference in length of stay between patient with alcohol withdrawal state and those without alcohol withdrawal state (p-value = 0.002). However the cost of patient care was not significantly different (p-value = 0.116) between two groups.
Conclusion: The prevalence of alcohol withdrawal state in male orthopaedic ward, Sisaket hospital was (41.5%). And increasing in length of stay was found in alcohol withdrawal group.
Keywords: alcohol withdrawal state, prevalence of alcohol withdrawal

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Auchayasawat, T. (2018). Prevalence of Alcohol Withdrawal State in Male Orthopaedic Ward. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF SISAKET SURIN BURIRAM HOSPITALS, 28(3), 149–158. retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/MJSSBH/article/view/144410
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Vol. 28 No. 3 (2013): September - December 2013
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