Analysis of the Medicolegal Examination of Alcoholism among Various Occupational Groups

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed to determine the frequency, various characteristics, and clinical findings of medicolegal cases of alcoholism.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis                                                                 

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Peoples Medical College Hospital, Nawabshah District, Shaheed Benazirabad from January, 2020 to December, 2021.

Materials and Methods: One hundred and ninety five cases of alcoholism were found in medicolegal records
were enrolled.

Results: All of the cases were males and the majority of alcoholic cases was 31 to 30 years old (48.21%), belonged to religion Islam (92.82%) and rural locality (80.00%), had the occupation of shop keeping (55.38%), and was presented with disordered clothing (32.31%). The analysis of clinical findings revealed that most of the alcoholics had slurred (42.56%) and incoherent (31.79%) speech, had positive signs for finger nose test (~80%) and Romberg’s sign (82.56%), were abusive (47.18%), and could not stand upright (48.20%).

Conclusion: The Muslim males of 21 to 30 years old from rural areas and having the occupation of managing a shop presented the largest proportion of medicolegal cases of alcoholism. The congestion of the eyes and impaired speech, attention, coordination and gait were found in the major portion of the sample.