Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: July-September | Volume: 4 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 116-123
Relationship between Components of Socio Demographic Profile and Substance Use among Psychiatric Patients Admitted In a Tertiary Care Hospital- In Eastern India
Jyosil Kumar Bhol1, Mihir Ranjan Nayak2, Debasish Mahanta3, Prasant Kumar Sethi4, Manaswini Dash5
1Intern at Dept. of Cl. Psychology, MHI (CoE) SCB MCH, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
2Associate prof. Dept. of Psychiatry, MHI (CoE) SCB MCH, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
3PG Student in Psychiatry, MHI (CoE) SCB MCH, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
4Cl. Psychologist, Dept. of Cl. Psych., MHI (CoE) SCB MCH, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
5Asst. Prof. in Psychology, JKBK Govt. College, Cuttack, India.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The mental illness and addictive disorders are among most burdensome disorders and often coexist but go undetected. There is very limited data available about the correlation between socio demographic profile and psychiatric illness among patient admitted in ward.
Aim & Objective: The aim and objective of the study is to assess relationship between components of socio-demographic profile and type of substance addiction among patients admitted in psychiatric ward.
Methods: A total of 125 participants, 90 males and 35 females were taken into study came across over the periods of 3 months. The tools used in the study were socio demographic questionnaire and WHO-ASSIST. It is a cross sectional hospital-based study. Only those who gave informed consent and met inclusion criteria were taken into study. The data was double entered, cleaned, and both descriptive and Chi-square done using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 16.
Result:Out of 125 patients taken into study 90 are found to be male and 35 are female. Most of the patients belongs to Hindu religion (99.2%). 53.6% are married and 46.4% are unmarried. Most of the patients are belongs to age group between 20-49 (89.6%). Substance use is more common in low education group up to secondary level (69.6%). Most of the patients are either unemployed or self-employed (72.8%). 88.8% patient came from rural area whereas 11.2% are from urban area. 57.6% patient belongs to joint family, 40% are belongs to nuclear family and 2.4% are belongs to extended family.
Conclusion:The overall result of the study confirms that substance addiction significantly present in psychiatric patients. There is significant correlation found between the gender, age, religion, educational level, occupation, domicile, types of family with substance use among patients admitted in psychiatric ward.
Key words: Socio demographic profile, Substance use, Psychiatric patients, tobacco, alcohol.