ArticleRevista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health2021
Alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- Alcohol Consumption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Review.Human psychopharmacology · 2025Pooled it
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- Parental Patterns of Alcohol Consumption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Population-Level Alcohol Consumption and Homicide Rates in Latin America: A Fixed Effects Panel Analysis, 1961-2019.The British journal of criminology · 2024Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol and tobacco consumption: Evidence from Peru.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Article
- Mortality and Survival Factors in Patients with Moderate and Severe Pneumonia Due to COVID-19.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Alcohol Consumption, Hangovers, and Smoking among Buenos Aires University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- [Detection of alcohol consumption at the first level of care in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemicDetecção do consumo de álcool no nível da atenção primária no México durante a pandemia de COVID-19].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2023Article
- Police-reported suicides during the first 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador: A time-series analysis of trends and risk factors until June 2021.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Article
- Alcohol Consumption and Smoking During Covid-19 Pandemic: Association with Sociodemographic, Behavioral, and Mental Health Characteristics.Journal of community health · 2022Article
- [Drinking behavior at the beginning and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results of a literature review].Notfall & rettungsmedizin · 2022Review
- Alcohol Use and Anxiety in Primary Health Care Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Phone-Based Study.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2022Article
- A Remote Questionnaire-Based Study to Compare Alcohol Use in 1030 Final-Year High School Students in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia Before and During the National Lockdown Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2022Article
- Strengthening mental health responses to COVID-19 in the Americas: A health policy analysis and recommendations.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Review
- Cannabis use during the early COVID-19 pandemic: Use patterns, predictors, and subjective experiences.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- A Perspective on How User-Centered Design Could Improve the Impact of Self-Applied Psychological Interventions in Low- or Middle-Income Countries in Latin America.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- The development of the Pan American Health Organization digital health specialist on alcohol use.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- Predictors of Alcohol Consumption Among Younger Adults During the First Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the association between drinking behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine, anxiety symptoms, and sociodemographic characteristics in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
methodData was collected through a cross-sectional online survey (non-probabilistic sample) conducted by the Pan American Health Organization between May 22 and June 30, 2020, in 33 countries and two territories of LAC. Participants were 18 years of age or older and must not have traveled outside of their country since March 15, 2020 (
resultsQuarantine was positively associated with a higher frequency of OSD and with DCP, but negatively associated with a higher frequency of HED. Anxiety symptoms were associated with a higher frequency of HED, more OSD, and DB5. Higher incomes seemed to be more associated with all the studied drinking behaviors. Women tended to report less DB5 and less HED during the pandemic.
conclusionsQuarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic seems to affect drinking behavior and mental health indicators like anxiety symptoms. This study is the first effort to measure the consequences of the quarantine on alcohol consumption and mental health in LAC during the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering the associations found, screenings and brief interventions targeting alcohol consumption and mental health are recommended.
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