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. 2024 Jun 5:20:e17450179297171.
doi: 10.2174/0117450179297171240522051748. eCollection 2024.

Cognitive Alterations Associated with Remission and Alcohol Dependence Severity in Ethnically Diverse Patients of Siberia

Anastasia Peshkovskaya  1   2
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Cognitive Alterations Associated with Remission and Alcohol Dependence Severity in Ethnically Diverse Patients of Siberia

Anastasia Peshkovskaya. Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. .

Abstract

Background: Impaired cognition in individuals with alcohol dependence may be associated with increased relapse risk. It has been recorded in more than half of patients during six months after treatment. In certain ethnic groups, for example, Tuvinians, the indigenous people of Siberia, relapses occur in extremely short periods of one to three months after treatment. An approach currently used to alcohol dependence treatment may be less effective for these patients.

Objective: The study aimed to investigate cognitive sequelae in indigenous Tuvinian patients with alcohol dependence.

Methods: The sample included 166 patients, 74 of indigenous ethnicity (Tuvinians) and 92 non-indigenous white patients. Data on inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, attention, and working memory were collected from all the patients and processed using cluster analysis. The clustering data were then complemented by indicators of disorder dynamics, impulsivity, and emotion regulation.

Results: The clustering procedure revealed groups with severe cognitive sequelae. More than four-fold attention decrease was found in 43.5% of non-indigenous patients, and more impaired cognitive flexibility was revealed among 60.8% of indigenous patients. Groups with severe cognitive sequelae had higher impulsivity, maladaptive emotion regulation, more hospitalizations, faster disease progression, and shorter remissions. The latter was significantly reduced to 90 days on average in the severe group of indigenous patients versus 135 days of remission in the non-indigenous severe group.

Conclusion: Results obtained may advance tailored intervention in alcohol-dependent patients of the indigenous Tuvinian ethnicity. While little is still known about the alcohol dependence course and consequences in the indigenous Tuvinians of Siberia, this study contributes to the global mental health data on alcohol abuse and dependence in indigenous communities.

Keywords: Alcohol dependence; Cognition; Cognitive training; Ethnicity; Executive functions; Indigenous; Intervention; Relapse; Remission.

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The author declares no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise.

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Flowchart of the study sample.
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Results of clustering by cognitive alterations indicators based on the k-means in indigenous patients with alcohol dependence.
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Results of clustering by cognitive alterations indicators based on the k-means in non-indigenous patients with alcohol dependence.
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