Alcohol abuse patients lack follow up possibilities following ED discharge
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Methods A qualitative semi-structured interview of nine hospitalized patients in a QDU. Patients were interviewed regarding social background, alcohol use, motivation to stop drinking, and the treatment in the QDU, their personal needs while hospitalized and upon discharge. A questionnaire was sent to all ED nurses. The nurses were asked about their priority of the patients during their daily shift of 7.5 hours. The questions were divided into two groups, “non-alcohol abusers” and “alcohol abusers”. The nurses were asked to rate nursing requirement.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015