A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE PREVALENCE OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE AMONG ADULTS LIVING IN SELECTED RURAL COMMUNITY AREA OF SHANKARPUR, SAHASPUR, DEHRADUN

Aim: A study was done to assess the Prevalence of Alcohol Dependence among Adults Living in selected Rural Community Area of Shankarpur, Sahaspur, Dehradun. Design- Non experimental descriptive research design Materials and Method: The Conveniece sampling technique was utilized to select the sample. The sample size of the research study were 100 Adults . To assess the prevalence , standardized tool AUDIT was used . The data analyzed in term of the objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The result reveals that the most of the adults were having Low risk of Alcohol Dependence some of the study samples were having High Risk of Alcohol Dependence. While 5% of samples were at Possible Risk of Alcohol Dependence. The major findings represents the most of Alcohol Dependent Adults are in age group of 20-30 yrs greater members of Adults are Hindus (approx 71%) whereas 1% were Christian. The Highest number of Alcohol Dependent population lies under Increasing Risk that is 50%, whereas only 5% lies under possible Risk and rest 21% population lies under high risk and 24% under Lower Risk. The chi square values for socio demographic variables are Age(6.014), Religion(2.875), gender(14.260), Marital Status(14.256), Educational Qualification(33.590), Employment Status(14.616), Income(0.95), Family Type(8.22), Source Of Income(9.108), Health Status(0.76). The study depicts that only gender and Educational Qualification are the only sociodemographic variables that are significant. Also the study reveals that majority of alcohol dependent Adults are Males with 82% and rest 18% are females. Conclusion: The majority of alcohol dependent Adults are Males with 82% and rest 18% are females.