ArticleThe American journal of medicine2024
Alcohol Use Patterns During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Veterans in the United States.
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Impact of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Patient Outcomes, Telehealth Care Delivery, and Treatment for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Vulnerable Patients With Advanced Liver Disease Across Two Healthcare Systems
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- Impact of chronic ethanol consumption and SARS-COV-2 on the liver and intestine: A pilot dose-response study in mice.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Health disparities in cirrhosis care and liver transplantation.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025Review
- COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Disruptions in Routine Cirrhosis Care and Associated Clinical Outcomes among San Francisco Bay Area Veterans.Gastro hep advances · 2025Article
- Alcohol-associated hepatitis trends before and following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic across two distinct cohorts in the United States and Hong Kong.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2025Article
- Abusive consumption of alcoholic beverages: results from COVITEL, the Telephone Survey of Risk and Protective Factors for Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases, 2022 and 2023.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Was receipt of any specialty alcohol treatment during the pandemic effective at reducing drinking for patients with or at risk of AUD?Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Estimating Steatotic Liver Disease Prevalence Among US Veterans.Gastro hep advances · 2025Review
- Testing a new model of telehealth-delivered treatment for primary care patients with alcohol use disorder: A randomized controlled trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundVeterans may be especially susceptible to increased alcohol consumption following the COVID-19 pandemic. We aim to evaluate trends in alcohol use among US Veterans prior to, during, and following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsAll US Veterans utilizing Veterans Affairs health care facilities in the United States from March 1, 2018 to February 28, 2023 with ≥1 AUDIT-C score were categorized into 1) No alcohol use (AUDIT-C = 0), 2) Low-risk alcohol use (AUDIT-C 1-2 for women, 1-3 for men), and 3) High-risk alcohol use (AUDIT-C ≥ 3 for women, ≥ 4 for men). Trends in the proportion of Veterans reporting high-risk alcohol use, stratified by sex, age, race/ethnicity, and urbanicity were evaluated.
resultsAmong a cohort of 2.15 to 2.60 million Veterans, 15.5% reported high-risk alcohol use during March 2018-February 2019, which decreased to 14.6% during the first year of the pandemic, increased to 15.2% in the second year, and then decreased to 14.9% from March 2022-February 2023. Among non-Hispanic whites, African Americans, Asians, and Hispanics, the proportion of women reporting high-risk alcohol use surpassed that of men during the onset of the pandemic and beyond. The greatest proportion of high-risk alcohol use was observed among young Veterans ages 18-39 years (17%-27%), which was consistent across all race/ethnic groups.
conclusionsHigh-risk alcohol use among US Veterans has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic onset, and in the third year following pandemic onset, 15% of Veterans overall and over 20% of young Veterans ages 18-39 years reported high-risk alcohol use.
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