Studying the trajectories and mediators of old-age problematic alcohol use and the agency of older persons

The study sought insight into the experiences and perspectives of older persons on ageing, alcohol use, treatment, and recovery from an alcohol problem, as well as their understanding of what healthy ageing entails. The study, hence, focused on the subjective experiences of older persons, for an understanding of the challenges and strengths they face in relation to alcohol use and healthy ageing. The dataset consists of 10 semi-structured interviews.

In the interview with eight men and two women aged between 61 and 73 years, we explored their perspectives and experiences of ageing, alcohol use and problems, treatment and alcohol recovery.

The interviews were conducted online through Zoom. Participants joined online or dialed the Zoom number. Each interview lasted in average 101 minutes (between 74 and 128 minutes). The interviews were audio recorded and transcribed. Interview language was Swedish.

Data analysis was performed on the transcribed text in the original language. The text was 207 A4 pages long, 127663 word count (speakers role). It was saved as PDF/A format with the file name "interaction-between-alcohol-and-ageing-and-personal-agency-of-older-persons.pdf"

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The participants were interviewed:

1st: About their experience and perception of ageing. Questions included:
* What does getting older mean for you?
* What does healthy ageing or ageing well mean for you?
* Which factors do you think contribute to healthy ageing?
* What has changed in relation to you getting older (in general, and specifically with regard to your health, social situation etc.)?
* and other questions

2nd. About their alcohol use:
* How old were you when you had your first drink? How did it feel?
* How would you describe your relationship with alcohol? Tell me how it looked like in the past from when you were younger until you decided to seek treatment?
* How would you describe your current relationship with alcohol?
* Has anything changed since you received treatment for alcohol? Describe what you have noticed...
* How do you think alcohol and getting older are related? Has your alcohol use contributed to your ageing in a positive or negative way? Tell me more on...
* When you think about things you want to maintain as you get older, how do you think alcohol has affected them?
* What has changed with regard to your ageing since you have changed your alcohol consumption/received treatment, etc...(depending on the interview response)?

There were several other follow up questions based on the participants answer.

Finally we asked questions on information on age, gender, civil status. Education, main source of income in the past 12 months, household income’s ability to cover living cost, perception of current health, perception of current health compared to others of the same age.

本研究旨在深入了解老年人对于衰老、饮酒、酒精问题治疗与康复的经历与看法，以及他们对健康衰老内涵的理解。因此，本研究聚焦于老年人的主观体验，以剖析其在饮酒与健康衰老相关方面所面临的挑战与优势。本数据集包含10份半结构化访谈（semi-structured interviews）记录。

本次访谈对象为8名男性与2名女性，年龄介于61至73岁之间，我们借此探讨了他们在衰老、饮酒行为与相关问题、治疗及酒精康复方面的观点与经历。

访谈通过Zoom线上开展，参与者可通过线上参会或拨打Zoom号码接入。每段访谈平均时长为101分钟（区间为74至128分钟）。访谈采用音频录制并转写，访谈语言为瑞典语。

数据分析基于原始语言的转写文本完成。该转写文本共计207页A4纸，含127663个单词（含发言者角色标注），保存为PDF/A格式，文件名为"interaction-between-alcohol-and-ageing-and-personal-agency-of-older-persons.pdf"。

受访参与者的访谈内容涵盖：
1. 关于衰老的经历与认知：
* 衰老对你而言意味着什么？
* 健康衰老或良好衰老对你而言意味着什么？
* 你认为哪些因素有助于健康衰老？
* 随着年龄增长，你自身发生了哪些变化（总体而言，以及具体涉及健康、社交状况等方面）？
以及其他相关问题。
2. 关于饮酒行为：
* 你第一次饮酒时年龄几何？当时感受如何？
* 你会如何描述自己与酒精的关系？请讲述从年轻时到决定寻求治疗之前的饮酒经历。
* 你会如何描述当下自己与酒精的关系？
* 接受酒精成瘾治疗后，是否发生了变化？请描述你所观察到的变化……
* 你认为饮酒与衰老之间存在何种关联？你的饮酒行为是否对你的衰老过程产生了积极或消极的影响？请进一步阐述……
* 当你思考随着年龄增长想要维持的事物时，你认为酒精对此产生了怎样的影响？
* 自你改变饮酒习惯/接受治疗以来，你的衰老状况发生了哪些变化……（具体问题将根据受访者的回答进行调整）
此外，还设置了若干基于受访者回答衍生的跟进问题。
最后，我们还询问了年龄、性别、婚姻状况、教育背景、过去12个月的主要收入来源、家庭收入能否覆盖生活开支、对当前健康状况的认知、相较于同龄人对自身健康状况的评估等相关信息。