Relatives' Perspectives on What Works to Reduce Problematic Alcohol Use in Older Adults: A Realist Evaluation.

Fieke A E van den Bulck, Andrea D Rozema, Rob H L M Bovens, Rikste Knijff, Dike van de Mheen, Rik Crutzen

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Fieke A E van den BulckTranzo Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0002-2247-8446

Andrea D RozemaTranzo Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Rob H L M BovensTranzo Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Rikste KnijffTranzo Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Dike van de MheenTranzo Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Rik CrutzenDepartment of Health Promotion, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

The rising prevalence of problematic alcohol use among older adults poses challenges to their health and also impacts their relatives. Given the important role relatives play, the objective of this study was to explore their perspectives on working elements (E) and mechanisms (M) within different contexts (C), both within and outside interventions, contributing to the outcome (O) of reducing (problematic) alcohol use among older adults. Guided by a realist evaluation approach, an existing initial program theory (IPT) on working elements in alcohol interventions was tested by conducting interviews with older adults' partners and family members ( Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-025-01511-4.

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AlcoholInterventionOlder adultsRealist evaluationRelatives

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PMID42272760

DOI10.1007/s11469-025-01511-4

PMCPMC13246818

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