Author:

• Laiza Carvalho Costa - Costa, L.C - <laiza.ccosta@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5500-8737

Co-author(s):

• Maria Lidiany Tributino de Sousa - Sousa, M.L.T - <maria.sousa@ufob.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2332-8821
• George Gonçalves Machado - Machado, G.G - <george.goncalves.m@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6313-0041

Abstract:

Objective: to investigate how women are affected by marital life with people sickened by alcohol use. Methodology: integrative review, carried out between February and April 2024, in the following databases: LILACS, Scielo, Google Scholar, Pubmed, PsyINFO, Web of Science, Scopus, and ScienceDirect. The inclusion criteria were complete, available articles, published2001 to 2024, with a target population of non-alcoholic women in a relationship with a person illalcohol use, and the outcome analyzed was the effects of this coexistence on women. The exclusion criteria were studies with marital relations in which only women had illness due to alcohol use, outcomes related to the marital relationship itself, to the family and/or other family members, and/or to women with other degrees of relationship, and master\'s and/or doctoral dissertations. Twenty-seven articles were ed for this study. Results: were organized into two thematic categories: 1) Life experiences of wives of men who became ill due to alcohol use; 2) Women and the repercussions on mental and physical health. Conclusion: Woman in marital relationships with men sickened alcohol are exposed to suffering, violence, and an increased risk of developing mental and physical problems.

Keywords:

Women; Alcoholism; Spouses; Family relations;

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