ABSTRACT

Background of the study: Alcoholism is an illness characterized by significant impairment in physiological, psychological orsocial functioning of the individual. There have been people who were unable to restrict their use of wind and body alternating substances to culturally prescribed limits and who have fallen into traded or craving to taking alcohol which became habituated are known addictions. According to the nutritional library of medicine, if a person has been drinking alcohol for a long period of time and suddenly stops drinking the person’s body can experience different type of signs & symptoms of withdrawal Objectives: The present study aimed to reduce the withdrawal symptoms of the alcoholic dependent patients with the help of aerobic exercises. Materials and method: Pre experimental pre-test and post- test group was carried out on 34 alcohol dependent patients. Screen for alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) was used to screen our patients. Later on, the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA) scale was used to assess the withdrawal symptoms. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to analyse the data by using SPSS-20 software. Result: Result of the study showed that aerobic exercises are effective to reduce the withdrawal symptoms. There was significant decrease in AWS (alcohol withdrawal symptoms) of alcohol dependents before and after aerobic exercise program. Conclusion: The study concluded that there was significant reduction in AWS after the aerobic exercise programme. Keywords: Aerobic Exercise, Alcohol withdrawal Syndrome, Alcohol dependent, De- addiction centres
Publication date: 15/06/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.6.1073