Research Center Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2023 Dec;18(1):2223864. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2023.2223864.
To explore the impact of having relatives with addiction problems on students' health, substance use, social life, and cognitive functioning, and to establish possible contributions of the participants' gender, type of relationship, and type of addiction of the relative(s).
A qualitative, cross-sectional study of semi-structured interviews with thirty students from a University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands who had relatives with addiction problems.
Nine major themes were identified: (1) violence; (2) death, illness, and accidents of relatives; (3) informal care; (4) perception of addiction; (5) ill health, use of alcohol and illegal drugs; (6) financial problems; (7) pressured social life; (8) affected cognitive functioning, and(9) disclosure.
Having relatives with addiction problems severely affected the life and health of participants. Women were more likely to be informal carers, to experience physical violence, and to choose a partner with addiction problems than men. Conversely, men more often struggled with their own substance use. Participants who did not share their experiences reported more severe health complaints. It was impossible to make comparisons based on the type of relationship or type of addiction because participants had more than one relative or addiction in the family.
探讨亲属有吸毒问题对学生健康、物质使用、社会生活和认知功能的影响，并确定参与者的性别、亲属关系类型和亲属吸毒类型可能的贡献。
对荷兰一所应用科学大学的 30 名有吸毒问题亲属的学生进行了定性、横断面的半结构式访谈研究。
确定了 9 个主要主题：（1）暴力；（2）亲属的死亡、疾病和事故；（3）非正式照顾；（4）对成瘾的看法；（5）健康不良、饮酒和使用非法药物；（6）经济问题；（7）有压力的社会生活；（8）认知功能受影响；（9）披露。
亲属有吸毒问题严重影响了参与者的生活和健康。女性比男性更有可能成为非正式照顾者，经历身体暴力，并选择有吸毒问题的伴侣。相反，男性更经常与自己的物质使用作斗争。不分享经验的参与者报告了更严重的健康问题。由于参与者的家庭中有不止一个亲属或吸毒者，因此无法根据亲属关系类型或吸毒类型进行比较。
