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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Severity of Alcohol Use Disorder: Significance of Dual Disorders.

Janka Gajdics, Otília Bagi, Fanni Fruzsina Farkas, Bálint Andó, Ildikó Katalin Pribék, Bence András Lázár

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Utilization of mental health services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic - a systematic review and meta-analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Janka GajdicsAddiction Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.
Otília BagiAddiction Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.
Fanni Fruzsina FarkasAddiction Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.
Bálint AndóAddiction Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.
Ildikó Katalin PribékAddiction Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.
Bence András LázárAddiction Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-0865-8950
University of Szeged · HU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been assumed to impact patients diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The severity of the influence that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the symptoms of AUD has not yet been revealed in detail. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients diagnosed with AUD. This retrospective study was conducted between 11 March 2017 and 31 May 2022 in Hungary. Medical charts (N = 1082) of inpatients with the diagnosis of AUD were reviewed. Based on the dates of admissions, two groups were created: the 'before COVID-19' group (11 March 2017-10 March 2020) and the 'during COVID-19' group (11 March 2020-31 May 2022). Chi-square tests, independent-sample t-tests, and multinomial logistic regressions were performed. The occurrence of delirium tremens (DT) and psychiatric co-morbidities was significantly higher during the pandemic. Our results showed that the occurrence of DT and psychiatric co-morbidities significantly increased during the pandemic. Our results revealed that the pandemic enhanced the severe consequences of AUD, and the development of AUD might have increased in frequency among individuals previously diagnosed with mental illness during the pandemic. These findings indicate the significance of dual disorders in the post-pandemic period.

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AlcoholismCOVID-19Alcohol DrinkingHumansPandemicsRetrospective Studiesalcohol use disorderCOVID-19 pandemicdelirium tremensdual disorderspsychiatric co-morbidity

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PMID37887677
PMCPMC10606859
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