ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2021
Trends in US Alcohol Consumption Frequency During the First Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.
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- Mental health and economic stressors associated with high-risk drinking and increased alcohol consumption early in the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.Preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Client perspectives on the accessibility and quality of substance use treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2021Article
- Mental Health During the First Weeks of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors Associated With Increased Alcohol Purchase and Consumption in 38 Countries During the Covid-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic created disruptions and stressors which may have influenced alcohol consumption frequency trends. Varying COVID-19 health burden and alcohol policies may have contributed to different consumption trends between states. The aim of this study is to assess trends in alcohol consumption and moderation by state of residence.
methodsWe examined trends in adult drinking days, during the first wave of the pandemic (March 10 to June 8) using longitudinal data from the Understanding America Study (N = 6,172 unique participants; N = 28,059 observations). Because state mandates were responsive to disease burden, we modeled the interaction of time by COVID-19 burden, defined as whether the state had the median (or higher) daily incidence of COVID-19 cases on the survey date, and state random effects. We controlled for individual sociodemographics, perceived personal/familial COVID-19 burden, mental health symptomology, and risk avoidance.
resultsDrinking days increased throughout the duration (incidence risk ratio [IRR] for drinking per increase in one calendar day = 1.003, 95% CI 1.001, 1.004); trends were heterogeneous by disease burden, with individuals living in states with lower COVID-19 burden increasing (IRR = 1.005, 95% CI 1.003, 1.007) faster than those living in states with higher COVID-19 burden (IRR = 1.000, 95% CI 0.998, 1.002). Trends were heterogeneous between states, but there was no evidence of systematic geographic clustering of state trends.
conclusionsDrinking days increased during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among residents of states with lower disease burden.
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