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Background: Alcohol use Disorders (AUDs) are related to high rates of morbidity and mortality due to associated severe and chronic medical problems such as liver disease, cardiovascular disease, endocrine diseases, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, and cancers. Aim and objectives: To assess the quality of life among the people with alcohol dependence, who are abstinent using WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, to assess the correlation between age and different aspects of quality of life among study population. Materials and methods: The study was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Department of Psychiatry, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute. The study population included all male patients treated for current alcohol dependence syndrome, who were treated and were abstinent from alcohol intake for at least 1 month. The data collection for the study was conducted for a period of 6 months from May 2016 – October 2016. Results: Among the study population, amount of alcohol consumption was 3 units per day in 1 (2.04%) subject. Nineteen (38.78%) were consuming 6 units per day, 16 (32.65%) were consuming 9 units per day, 11 (22.45%) were consuming 12 units per day, and 2 (4.08%) were consuming 24 units per day. The mean overall score was 6.96 ± 0.96 in the study population. Minimum level was 5 and maximum level was 8 in the study population (95% CI 6.68 to 7.23). There was a weak positive correlation between age of onset of dependence and WHOQOL-BREF physical health (R Value: 0.258, P value: 0.074). Maria Annita Tellcott Solomon, Sabari Sridhar O.T., B. Srinivasan. Correlation between age of alcohol dependence and quality of life - A hospital based cross sectional study. IAIM, 2018; 5(3): 88-96. Page 89 Conclusion: To conclude the findings of the study suggest poor quality of life in alcohol-dependent subjects with weak positive correlation between age of onset of the habit and physical, psychological and environmental domains of the subjects.
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Background: Duration of the untreated psychosis has been predicted to be one of a factor which affects the outcome of disease and leading to poor prognosis in the patients. Previous studies had predicted that the longer the duration of psychosis the poor the outcome of the treatment. Aim: To assess the factors affecting the Duration of untreated psychosis among patients with first episode psychosis in General hospital setup. Materials and methods: Retrospective study was done on patients who got admitted for the duration of 6 months (1st June 2014 to 31st November 2014). Patients who were diagnosed to have first episode psychosis according to ICD-10 were taken up for the study. Duration of untreated psychosis and the socio demographic details were noted. Results: The duration of untreated psychosis was seen more in male (58%), 45% in age group of 20- 29, 54% were married, 71% in lower middle economic status, 75% of people were from semi urban background and 41% of patients had duration of untreated psychosis for duration of 2-5 weeks. Mean average age is 30.75 and duration of untreated psychosis is 40 days. Conclusion: Mean average age is 30.75 and duration of untreated psychosis is 40 days. Age, gender, marital status, socio-economic status and residence (Environment) acting as a predictor for the long DUP is consistent with previous studies but significant findings couldn’t be found, when two groups Ananthi B, Sabari Sridhar O.T., Kailash S, Shajahan M Ismail, Srinivasan B. Factors affecting duration of untreated psychosis - A retrospective study done in general hospital setting. IAIM, 2017; 4(3): 10-14. Page 11 were compared thus giving the conclusion that Sociodemographic factors alone doesn’t influence on DUP