NCT01081197

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

Somatic Disease Among Alcohol Abusers in an Out-day Patients' Clinic. A Neglected Area

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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).

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• HEART DISEASE
• Liver Failure
• DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
• Alcoholic Neuropathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Psychiatric and somatic examinations and ,if clinical indicated, treatment	Patients referred to the clinic will be given optimal treatment for revealed psychiatric and/or somatic disease including conversational therapy, and if indicated therapeutic interventions with respect to any kind of disease.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2010-03-05
• Last updated: 2021-11-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway