Article ; Online: High-Risk Drinking in Midlife Before Versus During the COVID-19 Crisis: Longitudinal Evidence From the United Kingdom.
American journal of preventive medicine
2020 Volume 60, Issue 2, Page(s) 294–297
Abstract: ... drinking.: Conclusions: This study provides evidence linking the COVID-19 crisis and associated lockdown ... consumption from before to during the COVID-19 crisis in an established cohort of middle-aged British adults ... Among middle-aged British adults, high-risk drinking increased by 5.2 percentage points from 19.4% to 24.6% (p<0.001 ...
| Abstract | Introduction: Emerging evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown restrictions may have influenced alcohol consumption. This study examines changes in high-risk alcohol consumption from before to during the COVID-19 crisis in an established cohort of middle-aged British adults. Methods: Participants consisted of 3,358 middle-aged adults from the 1970 British Cohort Study who completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test for detecting hazardous drinkers in primary care settings in 2016-2018 (when aged 46-48 years) and May 2020 (aged 50 years). Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to examine changes in high-risk drinking (scores of ≥5), and multinomial regression was used to compare responses with individual test items in 2016-2018 and May 2020. Results: Among middle-aged British adults, high-risk drinking increased by 5.2 percentage points from 19.4% to 24.6% (p<0.001) between 2016-2018 and May 2020. The increase in high-risk drinking was not moderated by sex, marital status, educational attainment, the presence of a chronic illness, or the year the baseline survey was completed. The prevalence of drinking ≥4 times a week doubled from 12.5% to 26% from before to during the pandemic (p<0.001), and there was also evidence of an increase in the frequency of being unable to stop drinking. Conclusions: This study provides evidence linking the COVID-19 crisis and associated lockdown restrictions to an increase in high-risk drinking patterns and particularly frequent drinking in British adults. Potential long-term changes in drinking habits should be monitored following the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Alcohol Drinking/epidemiology ; Alcohol Drinking/psychology ; Alcoholism/diagnosis ; Alcoholism/epidemiology ; Alcoholism/prevention & control ; Alcoholism/psychology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; COVID-19/psychology ; Communicable Disease Control/methods ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prevalence ; Primary Health Care/methods ; Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data ; Psychological Techniques ; Risk Assessment ; Risk Factors ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Social Isolation/psychology ; United Kingdom/epidemiology | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2020-11-21 | |||||
| Publishing country | Netherlands | |||||
| Document type | Journal Article | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 632646-8 | |||||
| ISSN | 1873-2607 ; 0749-3797 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1873-2607 | |||||
| ISSN | 0749-3797 | |||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.09.004 | |||||
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