Perceptions of Problem-Drinker Patients’ Family Members About Their Own Hazardous-Drinking Behaviours in Chinese General Hospitals

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Fang Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Hazardous Drinking ◽  
General Hospitals ◽  
Problem Drinker

Hazardous drinking problems in family members of problem-drinker patients in Chinese general hospitals

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 633-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Fang Tsai ◽  
Ching-Yen Chen ◽  
Yea-Pyng Lin ◽  
Mei-Chu Tsai ◽  
Chih-Erh Weng
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Hazardous Drinking ◽  
General Hospitals ◽  
Problem Drinker ◽  
Drinking Problems

Perceptions of problem-drinker patients’ family members about their own hazardous-drinking behaviours in Chinese general hospitals

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s880-s881
Author(s):  
Y.F. Tsai ◽  
C.C. Lin ◽  
W.L. Yeh ◽  
J.T. Kao ◽  
C.Y. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Drinking ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Hazardous Drinking ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Personal Taste ◽  
Problem Drinker ◽  
Drinking Problems ◽  
Excessive Alcohol

BackgroundExcessive alcohol use has been associated with health, social and legal problems. Studies of alcohol-drinking problems have mainly focused on patients with alcohol-drinking problems and few studies have focused on their family members. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of family members of problem-drinker patients about their own hazardous or harmful alcohol-drinking behaviours.MethodsIn this qualitative descriptive study, participants were recruited from three hospitals randomly selected from northern and central Taiwan (2:1). Hazardous-drinker patients and their family members were screened using the Chinese version AUDIT. AUDIT scores > 8 indicated harmful or hazardous drinkers. Data were collected in individual, audiotaped, in-depth interviews using an interview guide. Verbatim interview transcripts were analysed using ATLAS.ti, version WIN 7.0.ResultsThe sample of 35 family members with hazardous or harmful drinking behaviours perceived that their own alcohol-drinking behaviours were related to six major patterns: family habits, leisure activities with friends, work pressures, personal taste, a way to forget one's problems and to express happiness.ConclusionsWe recommend that programs to prevent harmful or hazardous drinking should emphasize understanding standard amounts of alcohol in alcoholic beverages, recommended amounts of alcohol consumption for males and females, knowledge about the long-term effects of excessive alcohol consumption; offer strategies to resist social pressure to drink; and build positive strategies for coping with stress.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Bereaved Family Members’ Perceptions of the Distressing Symptoms of Terminal Patients With Cancer

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 972-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiaki Okamoto ◽  
Tatsuya Morita ◽  
Satoru Tsuneto ◽  
Maho Aoyama ◽  
Yoshiyuki Kizawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
General Hospitals ◽  
Distressing Symptom ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Few Data ◽  
Bereaved Family

Background: Few data are available on bereaved family members’ perspective on the frequency of symptoms and degree of distress among terminal patients with cancer. Methods: We sent a questionnaire to 1472 bereaved family members of terminal patients with cancer in 20 general hospitals. The questionnaire asked them (1) to indicate which symptoms the patients had, (2) to rate on a 4-point scale the extent to which the symptom was distressing, as follows: 1 = not distressing, 2 = slightly distressing, 3 = quite distressing, and 4 = very distressing at the point of 2 weeks before the patient had died. Results: We analyzed 805 questionnaires for this study. Anorexia was the commonest symptom among terminal patients with cancer experienced by bereaved family members, followed by somnolence, weight loss, fatigue, and pain. Anorexia was the most distressing symptom among terminal patients with cancer experienced by bereaved family members, followed by weight loss, pain, edema, and dyspnea. Conclusions: Anorexia and weight loss were frequent symptoms and bereaved family members felt very distressing. Furthermore, there are not means of effective treatment now. Thus, we think that further study in this field is necessary.

Perceptions of Another Person's Heavy Drinking as a Function of One's Relationship to the Drinker: A Pilot Study

2002 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 426-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg E. Dear ◽  
Nicole S. Bowron ◽  
Simon Burke ◽  
Louise C. Furey ◽  
Nicholas J. Griffiths ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Problem Drinker

Of 301 participants in a telephone survey, 201 could identify a problem drinker within their social networks. In 67 cases the drinker was a partner, in 45 another family member, in 61 a friend, and in 28 a work colleague. Another person's heavy drinking was reported as most disrupting to one's life when that person was a partner or other family member or if one was living in the same residence as the drinker. The exception to this was that reported disruption to respondents' work life was greatest when the drinker was a work colleague. While there appear to be problems for friends and work colleagues, partners and other family members appear to report the most disruption so providing services to family members seems appropriate.

Effective Clinical Interviewing

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline T. Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Lay Persons ◽  
Clinical Interviewing ◽  
Client Management

Speech, language, and hearing professionals rely on many individuals to provide information about a client. Management programs, in part, are devised, modified, and evaluated according to responses obtained from the client, family members, educators, and other professional and lay persons who have contact with the client. The speech-language pathologist has the responsibility of obtaining pertinent, complete, unbiased information about clients. This article provides an overview of the essential elements of an interview.

Much Ado About Fried Chicken: Abetting Aspiration or Respecting Autonomy?

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1356-1362
Author(s):  
Laurence Tan Lean Chin ◽  
Yu Jun Lim ◽  
Wan Ling Choo
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Multidisciplinary Team ◽  
Biopsychosocial Model ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Clinical Decisions ◽  
Goals Of Care ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Aspiration Risk ◽  
Patient Centric

Purpose Palliative care is a philosophy of care that encompasses holistic, patient-centric care involving patients and their family members and loved ones. Palliative care patients often have complex needs. A common challenge in managing patients near their end of life is the complexity of navigating clinical decisions and finding achievable and realistic goals of care that are in line with the values and wishes of patients. This often results in differing opinions and conflicts within the multidisciplinary team. Conclusion This article describes a tool derived from the biopsychosocial model and the 4-quadrant ethical model. The authors describe the use of this tool in managing a patient who wishes to have fried chicken despite aspiration risk and how this tool was used to encourage discussions and reduce conflict and distress within the multidisciplinary team.

A Strengths-Based Approach to Autism: Neurodiversity and Partnering With the Autism Community

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Donaldson ◽  
Karen Krejcha ◽  
Andy McMillin
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
First Language ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists

The autism community represents a broad spectrum of individuals, including those experiencing autism, their parents and/or caregivers, friends and family members, professionals serving these individuals, and other allies and advocates. Beliefs, experiences, and values across the community can be quite varied. As such, it is important for the professionals serving the autism community to be well-informed about current discussions occurring within the community related to neurodiversity, a strengths-based approach to partnering with autism community, identity-first language, and concepts such as presumed competence. Given the frequency with which speech-language pathologists (SLPs) serve the autism community, the aim of this article is to introduce and briefly discuss these topics.

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