Somatic Disease Among Alcohol Abusers in an Out-day Patients' Clinic

Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcoholic Neuropathy; HEART DISEASE; Liver Failure; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

Treatments: Other: Psychiatric and somatic examinations and ,if clinical indicated, treatment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01081197

LE_ARP_Somatic_AlcoholAddicts

Details and patient eligibility

About

Alcohol abuse is associated with a variety of clinical diseases, but studies on prevalence of different somatic diseases among alcohol abusers are lacking. Studies on populations in an out-day patients' clinic are also lacking.

The investigators aim to study somatic health standard in an out-day patients' clinic population of alcohol abusers, with regard to prevalence of different kinds of somatic diseases, and how the interaction of somatic and psychiatric treatment can influence on patients quality of life. Clinical examination including blood samples and echocardiographic examinations in all participants, other additional examinations (as x-ray, CT or MRI if indicated by clinical findings).

Full description

Retrospective methods will be used to study former somatic disease, cross-section design to study present somatic disease and prospective design to study quality of life, psychiatric and somatic health after combination of psychiatric and somatic examinations and treatment.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Alcohol abusers reffered to the out-day patients' clinic at Dep. of Psychiatry, Levanger Hospital, Norway

Exclusion criteria

• Not consenting to participate
• Not able to consent

Trial design

150 participants in 2 patient groups

Out-day patients' clinic

Description:

Alcohol abusers referred to out-day patients' clinic which consent to participate in the study

Treatment:

Other: Psychiatric and somatic examinations and ,if clinical indicated, treatment

Control

Description:

Control group for the cardiac arm of the study will be matched controls from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT)