This research was a descriptive correlation study. The major purpose was to investigate the effective factors of the alcoholism's readmission. It could offer the clinic nursing more service to alcoholics. As alcoholism is a major psychiatric disease all over the world.It not only caused physical complication to death, but also leaded to the severity of dysfunction family. These created big social problem. The alcoholism's readmission was family burdern.So it made sense to find out. Purose samples of 52 alcoholic were face to face interview with structure questionnaires in the psychiatric center of northern Taiwan, then followed up after their discharged about 3 months. Three instruments were inclded:1.The demographic variabes of the alcoholism. 2.The social support questionnaires.3.Addiction severity index (ASI) questionnaires. Collected samples are analyzed descriptively by SPSS statistical program. The major conclusions were as follow:(1)The divorced, separated alcoholism related to readmission.(2)There was no significance difference of the Addiction severity index(ASI):on medical status(t=-2.323,p=0.024),truly work days befer admitted 30 days (t=-2.284,p=0.027),employ/support(t=-3.853,p=0.010),alcohol use(t=-5.664,p=0.000),drug use(t=-2.218,p=0.014),family-social relationship(t=-2.632, p=0.014),days been bothered before admitted 30days(t=-2.224,p=0.031),psychiatric status(t=-3.172,p=0.030),total score of ASI(t=-6.620,p=0.000).The days been bothered before admitted 30days' readmission for 0.85times.(OR=0.85,95%CI=0.73~0.99).The total score severity of ASI's readmission for 1.91times (OR=1.91,95%CI=1.28~2.86) (4)Follow-up 52 alcoholism discharged 3 months' readmission rate was 36%. The result could be use as a reference of clinic nursing for alcoholic patients in nursing intevention and discharged plan. Key words:alcoholism, readmission.
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Sigma Theta Tau International
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