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Predicting Hazardous Alcohol Drinking Behaviors in Family Members of Hazardous Alcohol-Drinker Patients

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095497

Keywords

alcohol; hazardous drinking behaviors; family member; protective factor

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  1. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST 1032314-B-182-014-MY3]
  2. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital [BMRP433]

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This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the factors predicting hazardous alcohol drinking behaviors in family members of hazardous alcohol-drinker patients. The study identified four significant predictors: frequency of using general coping mechanisms, frequency of using strategies to cope with patients' drinking-related behaviors, factors protecting against hazardous alcohol drinking, and factors facilitating hazardous alcohol drinking.
Family members of hazardous or harmful alcohol drinkers suffer many consequences of their relative's alcohol-drinking behaviors and risk developing their own hazardous alcohol drinking behaviors. Studies of alcohol-related healthcare problems have mainly focused on patients, with few studies on their family members. This cross-sectional study explored factors predicting hazardous alcohol drinking behaviors in family members of hazardous alcohol-drinker patients. Participants were recruited from four randomly chosen hospitals in Taiwan. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires on family members' alcohol use, perceived stress, coping mechanisms, social support, health, quality of life, protective factors against hazardous alcohol drinking, facilitative factors for hazardous alcohol drinking, and demographics. The 318 family members who participated in this study were divided by their Chinese-version Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test scores into two groups: hazardous alcohol drinkers (score >= 8) and non-hazardous alcohol drinkers (score < 8). Significant factors predicting hazardous alcohol drinking behaviors were found by logistic regression to be the frequency of using general coping mechanisms (OR = 1.29, p < 0.01), the frequency of using strategies to cope with patients' drinking-related behaviors (OR = 0.89, p < 0.01), factors protecting against hazardous alcohol drinking (OR = 0.76, p < 0.01) and factors facilitating hazardous alcohol drinking (OR = 1.52, p < 0.01). Interventions should be designed for family members of hazardous alcohol drinkers to address these four significant predictors.

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