Inpatient Alcohol Detox & Psychotherapy

Tribhuvan University (TU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Use Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Detoxification & psychotherapeutic support

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03988478

DOPMH-Inpt-detox-Psychotherapy

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate effectiveness of inpatient detoxification and psycho-therapeutic support, measured in terms of readiness to change and abstinence maintenance. The study participants will be the patients admitted for alcohol use disorder (age: 18 years above) at a tertiary level hospital in Kathmandu. Baseline assessments on readiness to change will be done during admission, and compared prior to and after discharge. Percentage of participants maintaining abstinence in 3 months after discharge will be another outcome to be analysed.

Enrollment: 109 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed as ADS according to ICD 10

Exclusion criteria

• Major Psychiatric or medical comorbidity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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109 participants in 1 patient group

Behavioral, detoxificaiton & psychotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

Providing treatment as usual (detoxificaion) \& psychotherapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Detoxification & psychotherapeutic support