Effect of Psychological Intervention on Quality of Life of Alcohol Dependents and their Wives

Alcoholism is known to be a cause of widespread misery for the individual and the family causing significant losses for the community and the nation. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of psychological Intervention on quality of life of alcohol dependents and their wives. The present pre test and post test study involves the 42 alcohol dependents in total, 21 each in the experimental and control group. Initially, “Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test” was applied on the alcohol dependents. Finally, 42 participants who gave their consent to participate in the study along with their Wives and having age range of 25–35 years were selected for the study. After that 21 each in the experimental and control group were selected randomly. Further, 42 wives 21 each in the experimental and control group of these participants were included in their respective group as the purposively sampling procedure and their quality of life were assessed on WHOQOL-BREF. Finding the study confirms poor quality of life in alcohol dependents before intervention. The regular follow-up with the family members (wives) in out-patient setting for psychological intervention improving quality of life of alcohol dependents of the experimental group along with their wives than the Control group after intervention.