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TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between sight loss and substance use
T2 - users’ perspectives
AU - Galvani, Sarah
AU - Livingstone, Wulf
AU - Morgan, Hannah
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy on 28/04/2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09687637.2016.1161009
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - Background: This UK study emerged from the concerns of a sight loss charity which sought to meet the support needs of its service users with problematic alcohol use. This paper presents findings from one strand of the study focusing on service users’ perspectives. Aims: The aim was to explore the meaning and function of substance use in the lives of people with sight loss. Method: Through purposive and snowball sampling, 17 semi-structured interviews were held with people face-to-face or via telephone. Data were analysed thematically through coding, recoding and categorising data with double coding providing quality control. Results: People were at different stages in their use of substances and their experiences of sight loss. They reported a number of relationships between sight loss and substance use with three main relationships emerging; substance use as, (i) a cause of their sight loss,(ii) a contributor to their sight loss and (iii) a coping mechanism for sight loss. Conclusion: The diverse experiences of people with sight loss and substance problems require an individual and tailored response from substance use professionals. This needs to include routine questioning and accurate information about the medical relationship between sight loss and substance use.
AB - Background: This UK study emerged from the concerns of a sight loss charity which sought to meet the support needs of its service users with problematic alcohol use. This paper presents findings from one strand of the study focusing on service users’ perspectives. Aims: The aim was to explore the meaning and function of substance use in the lives of people with sight loss. Method: Through purposive and snowball sampling, 17 semi-structured interviews were held with people face-to-face or via telephone. Data were analysed thematically through coding, recoding and categorising data with double coding providing quality control. Results: People were at different stages in their use of substances and their experiences of sight loss. They reported a number of relationships between sight loss and substance use with three main relationships emerging; substance use as, (i) a cause of their sight loss,(ii) a contributor to their sight loss and (iii) a coping mechanism for sight loss. Conclusion: The diverse experiences of people with sight loss and substance problems require an individual and tailored response from substance use professionals. This needs to include routine questioning and accurate information about the medical relationship between sight loss and substance use.
KW - Alcohol
KW - drugs
KW - sight loss
KW - visual impairment
U2 - 10.3109/09687637.2016.1161009
DO - 10.3109/09687637.2016.1161009
M3 - Journal article
VL - 23
SP - 476
EP - 483
JO - Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy
JF - Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy
SN - 0968-7637
IS - 6
ER -