ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2018
The quality of life when a partner has substance use problems: a scoping review.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment Outcomes: Methodological Overview of Metrics and Criteria.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2025Pooled it
- Predictors of concerned others' mental health and quality of life over 12 months following adults' entry into treatment for an alcohol use disorder.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Trial
- Potential factors affecting the impact of community reinforcement and family training. Secondary analysis of an RCT.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- A shift in focus: Mothers' descriptions of sharing a child with a co-parent with unhealthy alcohol use after participating in a support program.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2023Trial
- Primary Outcome from a cluster-randomized trial of three formats for delivering Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) to the significant others of problem drinkers.BMC public health · 2022Trial
- Al-Anon Intensive Referral (AIR): A qualitative formative evaluation for implementation.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Trial
- Violence exposure and quality of life among partners and parents of individuals with substance use problems.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A Web-Based Well-Being and Resilience Intervention for Family Members and Friends Supporting a Loved One Using Alcohol and Other Drugs: Mixed Methods Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Predictors of concerned others' Al-Anon attendance and involvement following adults' entry into treatment for an alcohol use disorder.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Struggling to be heard: A scoping review of user participation in ADHD mental healthcare for children and adolescents.Scandinavian journal of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology · 2025Review
- Effect of selective and family-based prevention on addiction susceptibility, affiliation with deviant peers, risk-taking, and risk and protective factors of substance use in high-risk adolescents: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- "We Want to See Youth That Would Be Better People Than Us": A Case Report on Addressing Adolescent Substance Use in Rural South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Aspects of Quality of Life in Individuals with Substance Use Disorder: A Systematic Review Based on the WHOQOL Questionnaire.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Review
- Increasing prevalence of illicit drug use among employees at Swedish workplaces over a 25-year period.European journal of public health · 2022Article
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- "He is lovely and awful": The challenges of being close to an individual with alcohol problems.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2022Article
- Quality of life and associated factors among the youth with substance use in Northwest Ethiopia: Using structural equation modeling.PloS one · 2022Article
- How concerned significant others experience Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) - a qualitative study.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- "It's like being stuck on an unsafe and unpredictable rollercoaster": Experiencing substance use problems in a partner.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2020Article
- The salience of intimate partner violence to coping and social support for intimate partners of people with addictions.Alcoholism treatment quarterly · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the existing body of knowledge on quality of life (QoL) in partners of people with substance use problems (PP-SUPs) to provide a synthesized summary of the evidence and identify gaps in our knowledge on the QoL of PP-SUPs.
methodsA systematic scoping review was performed. Publications indexed in EMBASE, Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, SocINDEX, and CENTRAL were searched for original, empirical, peer-reviewed, full-length research papers that examined QoL in PP-SUPs. Research papers identified through a manual search of key references and known references by co-authors were also included. A total of 3070 abstracts were screened, 41 full-text papers examined, and nine were found to meet the inclusion criteria. Eligibility was determined in two steps by four and two independent researchers, respectively. The main findings were explored by content analysis.
resultsEight of the nine included studies had quantitative designs, one had a mixed methods design, and no qualitative studies were found. Three studies were conducted exclusively among PP-SUPs, whereas the others included various subgroups. A majority of participants were women, and no study was conducted exclusively among men. Nearly half of the studies reported on whether there were minor children in the PP-SUPs' household. The studies used established and generic QoL instruments based on different conceptual and theoretical perspectives on QoL. A majority of the studies found lower QoL in PP-SUPs than in general population, with substance use by the person with a SUP having the most impact on QoL of all evaluated factors. Two studies reported that gender was associated with QoL, with poor QoL being associated with being a male partner and vice versa for female partners.
conclusionsFurther research is needed to examine QoL in PP-SUPs exclusively. A variety of QoL instruments covering various, but limited, dimensions of the concept have been used in previous studies of PP-SUPs. Thus, obtaining a comprehensive understanding of PP-SUPs' QoL is challenging. Both qualitative and large-scale quantitative designs should be used in research on QoL in PP-SUPs, particularly among those with a parenting role.
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