COMPARATIVE STUDY ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS BETWEEN EARLY ONSET Vs LATE ONSET ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE PATIENTS

Alcohol consumption disorder is characterised by a problematic pattern of compulsive and uncontrolled alcohol use that is linked with clinically substantial impairment or distress. METHODOLOGY:This is a type of cross-sectional study on 140 participants (70 Early onset alcohol dependence and 70 late onset alcohol dependence) from psychiatric OPD treatment seeking patients. Nonprobability sampling (convenient sampling) was used.Male with Age range: 18 to 50 years, Age of onset of alcohol dependence,EARLY ONSET - 18 to 25 years ,LATE ONSET - >25 years, Education: 8th standard and above,Right handedness,Alcohol dependence according to ICD-10 criteria (WHO, 1992)were included. Psychoactive substance use disorders other than alcohol dependence and nicotine dependence. Correlation of early onset ACE-III Pvalue is0.027 and late onset is 0.014.Correlation of TMA in early onset pvalue is 0.023 and late onset pvalue is 0.019.CONCLUSION:The cognitive impairment was statistically more seen in early onset alcohol dependence patients (<25 years) with respect to memory, fluency, language, VSA, ACE-III, TMA. TMB was statistically more seen in early onset alcohol dependence patients.