NCT05665582

Family Members Affected by Substance Use Disorder - a Follow-up Study

Family Members Affected by Substance Use Disorder: How do They Cope and What Are Their Expressed Needs for Support?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 271 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sorlandet Hospital HF · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present study registration relates to a quantitative sub-study of a larger mixed method study, including also a qualitative sub-study. Together, these investigations will provide complementary insights. The quantitative study is a follow-up study of close relatives (\> 16 years) of patients in treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) who participated in a group-based 4-day psychoeducational program.

Detailed description

The study is a follow-up study of close relatives (\> 16 years) of patients in treatment for SUDs who participated in a group-based 4-day psychoeducational program. The investigators will examine whether the family intervention in the specialized treatment services has benefits in terms of typical patient reported outcomes; physical complaints, psychological functioning, family functioning and QoL. The data collection has been finalized in 2017.

Conditions

• Caregiver Burden

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Family program	A 4-day psychoeducational family program.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-06-30
• Completion: 2017-12-31
• First posted: 2022-12-27
• Last updated: 2023-01-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway