BURDENESS OF ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME WITH SEIZURES AND ALCOHOLIC DELIRIOUS IN PATIENTS WITH COMORBID DEPRESSION
Purpose: to study the association between the presence of comorbid depression in patients with alcoholism and the burden of alcohol withdrawal syndrome with seizures, alcoholic delirium.Material and methods. A cross-sectional, comparative study of patients with alcohol dependence in the period of early remission has been carried out. 446 patients were screened, 45 were not included in the study according to the criteria of non-inclusion. The final sample included 401 patients. The average age of patients was 42,69±7,52 years. Among those included in the study: 24% (94/401) are women, 76% (307/401) are men.Results and discussion. It was determined that for patients with alcohol dependence, the presence of comorbid depression is associated with the risk of complications of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.Conclusions. The findings give grounds to consider depressive disorders as a factor aggravating the course of alcohol dependence, and also allow us to recommend practical physicians to pay more attention to comorbid depression in alcoholism.