Summary Titel: Men’s experiences of how alcohol and/or drug addiction affect their activity performance. A qualitative study. Background: Individuals that suffers from addiction experience physical and psychosocial problem, which means that their activity performance becomes inadequate. Addiction and abuse is a significant public health issues with a high rate of recurrence. At present, about 90% of people with an addiction ends up in relapse within the first year of recovery. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate how men of working age with an addiction to drugs and / or alcohol experience their activity performance in the daily activities. Method: The study was conducted based on a qualitative method with semi structured interviews. Eight men in working age were interviewed about their experience of how addiction affects their activity performance. The data were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis. Results: The results were reported in 4 main categories: Changed roles affect social activities, The perception of everyday activities, The feeling of being restricted in everyday situations and Health impacting activity performance negatively. Under each main category, subcategories identified , describing different experiences of each main category. Conclusion: Addiction had a major impact on the individual’s activity performance. The interviewees found that the drug became the priority in everyday life and governed the choice of activities. Keywords: Occupational therapy, Interview Study, Addiction problems, Activity i Daily life
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hj-36533 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Gjikokaj, Imonida, Modin, Matilda |
| Publisher | Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för rehabilitering, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för rehabilitering |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Hälsohögskolans avhandlingsserie, 1654-3602 |
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