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Investigations to explore and document the characteristics of addicted families are possible for nurse researchers in a variety of settings. Addicted families can be identified through hospitals, clinics, or community substance abuse treatment centers. Confidentiality issues must be addressed with carefully designed consent forms. A thorough understanding of addicted family systems is essential. System, role, and family theories provide a framework for understanding the influence of substance abuse on all family members. Anticipation of common social, economic, and criminal crises of addicted families will assist the researcher to avoid conflicts between research and service. Methodological limitations are common in research with addicted families, but well-designed, descriptive studies with small- to moderate-sized self-selected samples can add greatly to our nursing knowledge base over time.
对于护士研究人员来说，在各种环境中探索和记录成瘾家庭的特征是可行的。成瘾家庭可以通过医院、诊所或社区药物滥用治疗中心来识别。必须通过精心设计的同意书来解决保密问题。深入了解成瘾家庭系统至关重要。系统、角色和家庭理论为理解药物滥用对所有家庭成员的影响提供了一个框架。预见到成瘾家庭常见的社会、经济和犯罪危机将有助于研究人员避免研究与服务之间的冲突。在对成瘾家庭的研究中，方法学上的局限性很常见，但随着时间的推移，精心设计的、针对小到中等规模的自我选择样本的描述性研究可以极大地丰富我们的护理知识库。
