Factors affecting Delirium tremens in alcoholic patients at Princess Mother National Institute on Drug Abuse Treatment

Abstract

 Objective: To study the predicting factors delirium tremens in alcoholic patients at Princess Mother National Institute on Drug Abuse Treatment (PMNIDAT).

Materials and Method: The sample were 261 medical records of alcoholic patients who treated in PMNIDAT during 2002-2017. The research instrument is a data record form created by the author of the research. The content validity of the data record form was assessed by the Item Objective Congruence was 0.66-1.00. The data analysis was analyzed by Chi-squared test, the Point-Biserial Correlation and analyse the factors predicting of delirium tremens by Binary Logistic regression.

Result:

1. Sex, age, history of epilepsy after withdrawal symptom, history of delirium tremens, history of hallucination from withdrawal symptom, history of other drugs use, CIWA score, time of drinking, MCV, Platelets, potassium, magnesium and AST were correlated with delirium tremens at the significant level of .05
2. The predicting factors delirium tremens were history of delirium tremens (OR = 42.38, 95% CI = 10.023–179.15), history of other drugs use (OR = 4.92, 95% CI = 1.688-14.314) and low platelets level (OR = 4.85, 95% CI = 1.523-15.438).

          Conclusion: The predicting factors delirium tremens were history of delirium tremens, history of other drugs use and low platelets level.