Abstract

AVILA CADAVID, Juan David; ESCOBAR CORDOBA, Franklin  and  CHICA URZOLA, Heydy Luz. Prevalence of anxiety and depression in bed alcoholics for deintoxication in Bogota. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2005, vol.53, n.4, pp.219-225. ISSN 0120-0011.

Background: the most common psychiatric disorders associated with alcohol abuse are addiction to another substances, anti-social disorder, affective disorder anxiety disorder, and sleep disorders. Objectives: to estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depression in a population of patients in bed with dependency to the alcohol in services for chemical decontamination in Bogotá. Methods: patients hospitalized in one specialized centers of Bogota with diagnosis of alcoholism recruited during a period of fourth months in 2003. Design: observational, descriptive and cross-sectional, study. Collected by means of clinical interview and measuring instruments: ZUNG self-rating anxiety and depression scales. Results. The prevalence of anxious symptoms was 65,5%, depressive was 75,9% with variations in distribution by gender. Conclusions. The prevalence of anxiety and depression measurement in the population to study is greater than in general and agreed Colombian population with the reported thing for alcoholic populations. There are needed future investigations that allow extending the results obtained with the present study.

Keywords : alcoholism; alcohol-related disorders; anxiety; depression; prevalence.

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