SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL PROFILE OF ALCOHOLIC PATIENTS TREATED AT CAPSAD IN PORTO VELHO...

This is a cross-sectional and quantitative study of the sociodemographic and clinical profile of alcoholic patients treated at a mental health service specialising in chemical dependency in a Brazilian city. Aim: To present the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with problematic alcohol use who were registered at Centro de Atenço Psicossocial lcool e Drogas (CAPSad) in Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil, between 2017 and 2019. The study will take place at the Centro de Atenço Psicossocial, Liquor e Drogas (CAPSad) in Porto Velho from August 2019 to November 2020.Methodology: Data was collected using a script built by the researchers and applied to a random sample of 313 records. Central tendency, standard deviation, percentage analysis, and the chi-square test were all calculated. Male (80.51 percent), 25 to 35 years old (32.59 percent), incomplete elementary education (44.41 percent), single (46.96 percent), with children (64.54 percent), working (47.92 percent), and settled (96.49 percent) in Zone IV of the city were the characteristics detected (39.30 percent ).There were P.001 associations between the presence of mental comorbidities and female gender, P =.049 for the risk of suicide, and P =.03 for risk behaviour. In terms of present treatment, 42.86 percent of evasions happened early, with a P.001 correlation between the lack of therapy establishment and treatment abandonment. Conclusion: It is clear from the patient's profile in the unit and how it compares to other regions in Brazil, which can aid in the development of local and national plans to improve early detection, expanded treatment, and alcoholic surveillance.

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