Saldanha D, Chaudhury S, Pawar A A, Ryali Vssr, Srivastava K, Sood M, Bedi H K
Professor and Head, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
Professor (Psychiatry), Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Med J Armed Forces India. 2007 Apr;63(2):160-2. doi: 10.1016/S0377-1237(07)80064-5. Epub 2011 Jul 21.
The Army Order 3&11/2001 was introduced to curb alcoholism and to weed out habitual alcoholics. Hence a study was carried out in a zonal referral hospital from 01 Jan 2001 to 30 Jun 2003 to assess its effectiveness.
The subjects consisted of officers, junior commisioned officers and other ranks who satisfied the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 criteria for alcohol dependence.
Out of 1023 consecutive admissions, alcohol dependent cases numbered 245 (23.95%). They were disposed as under: 57/ 245 (23.6%) in S1 (fit for all duties), 67/245 (27.35%) in S2 (fit for duties with few restrictions), 72/245 (29.39%) in S3 (fit for duties with more restrictions), and 32/245 (13.06%) in S5 (unfit for further service.).
The data showed that the percentage of cases disposed under fit for all duties had risen four times (23.80 vs 5.86), those invalided out increased by two times (12.70 vs 6.64) and those retained in S2 had reduced (26.46 vs 41.21) after the new policy.
陆军第3&11/2001号命令旨在遏制酗酒现象并淘汰酗酒成瘾者。因此,于2001年1月1日至2003年6月30日在一家地区转诊医院开展了一项研究,以评估该命令的有效性。
研究对象包括符合国际疾病分类(ICD)10酒精依赖标准的军官、初级士官和其他士兵。
在1023例连续入院病例中,酒精依赖病例有245例(23.95%)。他们的处置情况如下:S1组(适合所有职责)57/245例(23.6%),S2组(适合职责但有一些限制)67/245例(27.35%),S3组(适合职责但有更多限制)72/245例(29.39%),S5组(不适合继续服役)32/245例(13.06%)。
数据显示,新政策实施后,处置为适合所有职责的病例百分比增长了四倍(23.80对5.86),因伤残退役的病例增加了两倍(12.70对6.64),留在S2组的病例减少了(26.46对41.21)。