Mental and physical health in family members of substance users: A scoping review

Sarno, Marco Di; Candia, Valentina De; Rancati, F.; Madeddu, Fabio; Calati, Raffaella; Pierro, Rossella Di

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108439

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“…In line with some previous research (e.g., Di Sarno et al, 2021;Nordgren et al, 2019;Richert et al, 2018), our respondents highlighted the necessity to build knowledge and conduct research into the life situations of families before death. The distinction between the time before and the time after death lacks relevance for the life worlds of these persons.…”

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“…This article presents an analysis of how the bereaved themselves articulate advice to the politicians about their own needs when they struggle to go on with life after losing a child, a family member, or a close friend. Research about next-of-kin co-habiting with severe substance users has thoroughly documented ways in which family members are subjected to increased stress and burden, poor health, and reduced quality of life ( Di Sarno et al, 2021 ; Richert et al, 2018 ). When it comes to life after drug-related death, the research is scarce.…”

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Advice to policy-makers for improving services to the drug-death bereaved

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Dyregrov

2021

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Aims: The objective of this study is to contribute to an improvement of bereavement services and experiences for the bereaved after drug-related deaths (DRDs) by investigating their expressed opinions on what would constitute improvements. Methods: As part of a larger survey questionnaire, we asked people bereaved by DRDs what advice they would give to politicians to improve bereavement services. Out of 255 respondents, we received 196 written statements of advice, 83 focusing on the time after death. Two-thirds of these respondents were either parents or siblings, the other third were other family members or close friends. A thematic analysis was conducted to examine the written statements. Results: We found four central themes: broad-spectrum help, routinised help, respectful help and competent help. The advice represents a long list of psychosocial support to ideally be offered on a regular and long-term basis. Furthermore, the bereaved also discussed the cognitive and normative side of the services by including considerations about stigma and respect, and the need for more research- and experience-based knowledge about their experiences both before and after DRDs. Conclusions: Many of the services sought by the bereaved are already in place and described in national guidelines for follow-up strategies after sudden unexpected deaths. DRDs, however, has not been included as a task for the services and are not explicitly mentioned in these guidelines. The scope of research and policymaking on drug problems and DRDs should be broadened to include families and social networks in order to make the group more visible and strengthen their influence on policy.

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Advice to policy-makers for improving services to the drug-death bereaved

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2021

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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“…In the mechanism analysis, this paper finds that the rural-to-urban migrant workers’ mental health plays a mediating role in the impact of rural-to-urban migrant workers’ work value awareness on their self-rated physical health. Previous studies have indicated that individual physical health and mental health are highly correlated with each other [ 26 , 56 ]. Mental health is both a motivator and a barrier to physical health.…”

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“…In this cycle, being respected makes individuals feel self-worthy in society, which is beneficial to individual mental health. Meanwhile, physical health and mental health are intimately correlated with each other [ 26 ]. The work value of gaining respect may not affect individual physical health directly, but it mainly affects physical health through mental states indirectly.…”

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Impact of Work Value Awareness on Self-Rated Physical Health of Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers in China

2021

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We used data based on the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey 2016 to examine the relationship between the work value awareness and the physical health of rural-to-urban migrant workers. The work value awareness was characterized by five dimensions: awareness of the emotional value, social value, respect value, ability value and interest value. Physical health was measured by a self-rated health assessment. The results from an IV-ordered probit model show that the awareness of work value has a statistically significant impact on the self-rated physical health of rural-to-urban migrant workers. The results also show that the impacts of work value awareness on rural-to-urban migrant workers’ physical health are heterogeneous to genders and ages. Mental health plays a mediating role between the awareness of work value and the physical health of rural-to-urban migrant workers. It is beneficial for rural-to-urban migrant workers to improve awareness of the value of work to enhance their physical health. The findings of this paper have policy implications for improving the health and welfare of Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers as well as temporary migrants to cities in many developing countries.

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“…Older caregivers have more life experiences and more opportunities to use and adjust their coping skills. [15][16][17][18]…”

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Development and psychometric testing of the Thai impact and burden of care scale for caregivers of persons with schizophrenia and co-occurring methamphetamine use

Imkome

2021

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Objective: The objective of the present study was to develop the Thai version of the Impact and Burden of Care Scale for Caregivers of Persons with Schizophrenia and Co-occurring Methamphetamine Use (TIBSCSM) and test its psychometric properties. Methods: This instrument development research subjects were 142 caregivers of persons with schizophrenia and co-occurring methamphetamine use. Sample size adequacy was tested by Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO), and Bartlett's test of sphericity tested the adequacy of the item correlation matrix. The second-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the theoretical model. Results The 32-item TIBSCSM showed convergent validity correlations with two quality-of-life measures. Additionally, KMO=0.9, Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity χ2=5248.5, df=496, p<0.001, and internal consistency reliability was high (α=0.9). The CFA has shown that the findings are supported by the theoretical models (χ2=325.2, df=287, p<0.001, RMSEA=0.0, CFI =0.9). Conclusion: The TIBSCSM scale has potential benefits for psychiatric nurses and psychiatric care teams to measure the impact and care burden of caregivers of persons with schizophrenia and methamphetamine use in the areas of nursing, research, education, and clinical determination. The test results suggested that The TIBSCSM scale has potential benefits for psychiatric and mental health care team to assess the impact and burden care of schizophrenic caregiver for both research and clinical purposes, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic for providing care to relieve the impact and burden of care.

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Mental and physical health in family members of substance users: A scoping review

Cited by 35 publications

References 79 publications

Advice to policy-makers for improving services to the drug-death bereaved

Advice to policy-makers for improving services to the drug-death bereaved

Impact of Work Value Awareness on Self-Rated Physical Health of Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers in China

Development and psychometric testing of the Thai impact and burden of care scale for caregivers of persons with schizophrenia and co-occurring methamphetamine use

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