ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Alcohol Consumption Reported during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Initial Stage.
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154 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Alcohol Consumption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Review.Human psychopharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on snacking habits, fast-food and alcohol consumption: A systematic review of the evidence.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological impact of the quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic on the general European adult population: a systematic review of the evidence.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Changes in alcohol use during COVID-19 and associations with contextual and individual difference variables: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Pooled it
- The association between physical activity and mental health during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual functioning and activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Alcohol and other substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Pooled it
- The early impact of COVID-19 on the incidence, prevalence, and severity of alcohol use and other drugs: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Pooled it
- Within-person change in alcohol consumption and associated factors during a public health crisis.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Self-Perceived Psychological, Social, Academic and Personal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chiropractic Students in South Africa.Journal of chiropractic humanities · 2025Article
- COVID-19, sense of control, and the rise of addictive behaviors: a study in Poland.Postepy psychiatrii neurologii · 2025Article
- "The alcohol-harm paradox": Understanding socioeconomic inequalities in liver disease.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2025Review
- Tendency to consume alcohol among Poles in the light of coping with stress and selected socio-demographic factors during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Excess mortality in people hospitalised for alcohol use disorders before and during the pandemic - A registry-based retrospective cohort study.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- Large-Scale Deep Learning-Enabled Infodemiological Analysis of Substance Use Patterns on Social Media: Insights From the COVID-19 Pandemic.JMIR infodemiology · 2025Article
- Exploring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Risk Factors: A Text Network Analysis Approach.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Women's alcohol consumption during the restriction phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a phone-based survey.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- The alcohol exposome.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2025Review
- Mental and behavioral disorder mortality in Poland, 2000-2023: a national age-standardized Joinpoint regression study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Alcohol purchases through online stores and mobile applications in the late phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2024Article
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Abstract
Physical health is not the only area affected by the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. There are also other consequences that have globally affected many millions at other levels, namely: Societal, political, economic, and cultural. This study aims to survey alcohol drinking throughout the pandemic so as to investigate those factors considered most relevant; i.e., sociodemographic and clinical. A longitudinal study was designed. The first (or initial) stage was completed between April 10-20 2020 on 443 subjects during the enforcement of the "Lockdown" in Poland. The second stage will be due in June 2020. As well as an in-house questionnaire, the study used: The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), and the Brief COPE Inventory (Mini COPE). Alcohol was the most commonly used psychoactive substance (73%) identified. More than 30% changed their drinking habits because of the pandemic, with 16% actually drinking less, whilst 14% did so more. The former group was significantly younger than the latter. Amongst the stress-related coping strategies, it was found that current alcohol drinkers were significantly less able to find anything positive about the pandemic situation (positive reframing) and were mentally less able to cope. Those drinking more now were found to have been drinking more intensively before the pandemic started.
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