Impairment of Executive Function in Alcohol Dependent Persons
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Aims: To compare the executive dysfunction of alcoholic dependent cases with age-matched controls. Methods: Fifty alcohol dependent cases along with fifty healthy relatives of the patients selected randomly were included in this single interview cross-sectional hospital-based study. The executive function of all the cases and control were tested by applying the frontal assessment battery (FAB). Results: On making a comparison of the scores of the FAB between the cases and the controls, it was found that the mean score of the cases was 10.02 with a standard deviation of 2.64 indicating more executive dysfunction whereas that of the controls was 16.96 with a standard deviation of 1.56 showing better executive functioning. Conclusion: Regular and long-term alcohol intake significantly impairs the executive functions.
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- DOI 10.5005/jp-journals-10067-0010
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