Abstract

Background: Misuse of alcohol is the most leading bewildering problem, that cast off the happiness of many families with all their possessions, which further can lead to a severe mental problem for themselves as well as their wife and their innocent children who even doesn’t face the real world. It is a fact that the wife and children, who had suffered while their fathers gave up their everything.
 Objective: 1) To assess the common psychosocial problems among women with alcoholic spouses. 2) To associate common psychosocial problems score among women of the alcoholic spouse with their demographic variables.
 Methodology: It is a quantitative research approach study, and it will be conducted among 100 women with an alcoholic spouse in both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric departments at Acharya Vinoba Bhava Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha. A structured knowledge questionnaire will be used to collect the data.
 Expected Outcome: It is expected that there will increase mental health problems for the spouses of alcoholic patients regarding depression, anxiety, their physical and mental well-being, and their financial conditions.
 Conclusions: Alcohol-related problems are not a recent problem faced by their spouse; it is a problem that remains for a long-time. This study thus will provide recent data regarding the problem faced by the spouse of an alcoholic.

Highlights

  • 1.1 Background of the StudyAlcoholism is a main communal health problem

  • 2) To associate common psychosocial problems score among women of the alcoholic spouse with their demographic variables

  • There are a significant number of hearsay reports and research findings that advocate that individuals who are married to alcoholics have poor physical and mental health [6]

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Summary

Background of the Study

Alcoholism is a main communal health problem. India is reported to be the most densely inhabited country with 33% of its residents taking alcohol [1]. There are a significant number of hearsay reports and research findings that advocate that individuals who are married to alcoholics have poor physical and mental health [6]. The behavior of them in reaction to their husband's drinking These wives agonize from various stressors due to their husband's alcohol dependence. They pursue assistance to cope with the bearing of the husband's drinking [7]. The wives of persons with alcoholism (WopA) are known to have substantial complications such as marital frustration, poor societal interaction, communiqué problems, physical complications, and mental health illnesses [11]. Alcohol's effect disrupts an individual's physical health and affects the people that surround him.

Exclusion Criteria
Need of the Study
Interventions
Data Management and Monitoring
Depression Related Questions
Depressed mood
14. Behavior at interview
10. Put you on an allowance
Scoring
Questions related to financial problems
Scoring instructions
DISCUSSION
Findings
CONCLUSION
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