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Knowledge of Alcoholic Liver Disease among alcohol consumers & screening of alcohol misuse, dependence, and disorder in Afikpo, Ebonyi, Nigeria: A Community-based Cross-Sectional Study.

Chinelo Aguiyi-Ikeanyi
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Chiagoziem Urom-Ndubisi | Bio
Owoichoche Agene
Maxwell Adibe
University of Nigeria, Nsukka,Enugu State
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Abstract

Background: Consumption of alcohol is typical in adults, and modest consumption has reported health benefits. However, daily alcohol consumption above recommended limits is an important cause of Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD). This study aimed to assess the knowledge of ALD among alcohol consumers and screen for alcohol misuse, dependence, and disorder.
Methods: A community-based cross-sectional survey was carried out from March to December 2020 in Afikpo using a questionnaire to obtain information on alcoholic use disorder and alcohol dependence. Data were analyzed with IBM SPSS to get descriptive statistics, inferential analysis, and P-value used at 5% significance level.
Results: A total of 450 study participants were included in this study, 73.1% were males, while 48.8% had tertiary education. About 62.7% of the respondents were aged between 20 to 60 years while 24.4% were self-employed and 9.1% were farmers. About 361(80.8%) had a good knowledge about ALD. The males had more knowledge of ALD. Adolescents aged 15 to 19 had a mean audit score of 10.774, while adults above the age of 60 had a mean audit score of 12.808. Male respondents had a mean audit score of 11.395, Adolescents had a mean CAGE test score of 1.89 while adults above 60 scored 2.48. Male subjects had a mean score of 2.17 while respondent with primary education had a mean CAGE score of 2.06, however, participants with no education had the highest mean CAGE score of 2.27.
Conclusion: The residents of Afikpo community have a good knowledge of ALD though there is alcohol use disorder, alcohol misuse and dependence in the community.
Gender is the only demographic characteristics that influenced the knowledge of ALD .
Keywords: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD); alcohol dependence; alcohol misuse; alcohol disorder; audit; cage

 

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Aguiyi-Ikeanyi, C., Urom-Ndubisi, C., Agene, O., & Adibe , M. (2023). Knowledge of Alcoholic Liver Disease among alcohol consumers & screening of alcohol misuse, dependence, and disorder in Afikpo, Ebonyi, Nigeria: A Community-based Cross-Sectional Study. Ethiopian Medical Journal, 61(2). Retrieved from https://emjema.org/index.php/EMJ/article/view/2308

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