A Study to Determine the Quality of Marital Life And Level Of Depression among Spouces Of Alcoholics Attending Selected De- Addiction Centres, Gujarat

Abstract

Background: There is an intimate link between marital life and level of depression among spouses of alcoholics. Due to consumption of alcohol, spouses suffer from different social and non-social problems. Alcoholic spouses reported poorer quality of marital life and high level of depression. Studied consistently find, alco- holics in their treatment group, 49%were divorced (Guze and clayton 1972). A decrease in sexual desire was predicted by age, lack of a confiding relationship, insufficient support from spouse, alcoholism in spouses and major depression. In Indian scenario many alcoholic spouses do not talk about issues regarding quality of marital life and level of depres-sion. Hence it is necessary to create awareness among alcoholic spouses related their quality of marital life and level of depression. Aim: The aim of the study is to determine the quality of marital life and level of depression among spouses of alcoholics attending selected de-addiction centers, Gujarat. Objectives: To determine quality of marital life among spouses of alcoholics. To determine the level of depression among the spouses of alcoholics. To find out the association of quality of marital life with selected demographic variables. To find out the correlation between quality of marital life and level of depression. Material and Methods: The Non-Experimental Descriptive design was used for research study. The investigator used non probability purposive samplisssng for selecting 40 spouses of alcoholics attending selected de-addiction centres, Gujarat. The Demographic data, Zung self-rating depression scale and Modified Marital satisfaction questionnaire were used for data collection to assess the quality of marital life and level of depression among spouses of alcoholics. Con-tent validity of the tool was ensured by verifying it with experts from the field of Psychiatry and Nursing.