Johannessen Aud, Engedal Knut, Helvik Anne-Sofie
Vestfold Hospital Trust, Ageing and Health, National Advisory Unit, Tønsberg, Norway.
Vestfold Hospital Trust, Ageing and Health, National Advisory Unit, Tønsberg, Norway; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; St Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2017 Jun;34(3):243-254. doi: 10.1177/1455072517696323. Epub 2017 Mar 23.
Increased awareness among health professionals regarding older people's alcohol and prescribed psychotropic drug use may be beneficial for reducing their unhealthy consumption among elderly.
This study explores how health professionals experienced their participation in a study in which they collected data on alcohol and psychotropic drug use among patients treated in old-age psychiatry departments and, subsequently, how they experienced their work day after the study ended.
Focus-group and individual interviews with 15 professionals in specialist psychiatric hospitals were performed in 2016. The data were analysed using content analysis.
Two themes emerged from the data: the informants' "experiences with participation" and "consequences of participation". These themes described how the informants had experienced their participation in the study and whether these experiences subsequently affected their work routines. The first theme included two subthemes: "approaching the topic" covered the challenges and "applying assessment scales" described the participants' opinions about the scales. Two subthemes were included in the second theme: "increasing knowledge", which covered their reflections on new knowledge; and "influencing work routines", which described their new approach to the topic.
Study participation positively affected the informants' work routines regarding alcohol and psychotropic drug use. The results of this study may contribute to a better understanding, development, and organization of services for people with increased substance use and thus may more holistically promote the health of older people.
提高卫生专业人员对老年人酒精和精神类处方药使用情况的认识，可能有助于减少老年人的不健康消费。
本研究探讨卫生专业人员如何体验参与一项研究，该研究要求他们收集老年精神科治疗患者的酒精和精神类药物使用数据，以及研究结束后他们如何体验工作日。
2016年对专科精神病医院的15名专业人员进行了焦点小组访谈和个人访谈。采用内容分析法对数据进行分析。
数据中出现了两个主题：受访者的“参与经历”和“参与的后果”。这些主题描述了受访者如何体验参与研究，以及这些经历随后是否影响了他们的工作流程。第一个主题包括两个子主题：“接近主题”涵盖了挑战，“应用评估量表”描述了参与者对量表的看法。第二个主题包括两个子主题：“增加知识”，涵盖了他们对新知识的思考；“影响工作流程”，描述了他们对该主题的新方法。
参与研究对受访者在酒精和精神类药物使用方面的工作流程产生了积极影响。本研究结果可能有助于更好地理解、发展和组织针对物质使用增加人群的服务，从而更全面地促进老年人的健康。
