Title

Impact of nurse-led anonymous coaching on alcohol craving and motivation to change behaviour among patients with alcohol dependence

Authors

Senthilkumar Azhagirisamy¹, Venkatesh Mathankumar Vasudevan², Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran³*, Marudan Anbalagan¹, Balasubramaniyan Srividhya¹, Vijayalakshmi Arumugam¹ & Christina Anthonysamy¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Psychiatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, India; ²Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, India; ³Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Senthilkumar Azhagirisamy - E-mail: senthilkumara12338@gmail.com
Venkatesh Mathankumar Vasudevan - E-mail: VVMK75@gmail.com
Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran - E-mail: shanksrshaki@yahoo.com
Marudan Anbalagan - E-mail: anbalagan.avi@gmail.com
Balasubramaniyan Srividhya - E-mail: srusur@yahoo.com
Vijayalakshmi Arumugam - E-mail: vijayallakshmiarumugam@gmail.com
Christina Anthonysamy - E-mail: sorubachris16@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic condition marked by compulsive alcohol consumption despite its harmful effects. Harmful alcohol use leads to over 2.6 million deaths annually worldwide. This study assessed the impact of nurse-initiated anonymous coaching sessions on alcohol cravings and motivation to change behavior in alcohol-dependent patients. Over four weeks, 100 participants were divided into experimental and control groups, with the experimental group showing significant reductions in cravings and improvements in motivation. Thus, we show that nurse-led behavioral coaching is an effective, non-pharmacological approach to enhancing AUD recovery.

Keywords

Alcohol dependence, craving, motivation to change, nurse-led coaching, behavioral intervention

Citation

Azhagirisamy et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2649-2652 (2025)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.