A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
<h4>Objectives</h4>Whilst public health measures were effective in reducing COVID-19 transmission, unintended negative consequences may have occurred. This study aims to assess changes alcohol consumption and the heavy episodic drinking (HED) during the pandemic.<h4>Methods</h4&...
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| author | Tianhui Ke Michael Livingston Yanqin Zhang Damian Pavlyshyn Aimée Altermatt Alexander Thomas Thi Nguyen Shelley Walker Sophie Hill Alison Coelho Alisa Pedrana Mark Stoové Margaret Hellard Katherine B Gibney Anna L Wilkinson |
| author_facet | Tianhui Ke Michael Livingston Yanqin Zhang Damian Pavlyshyn Aimée Altermatt Alexander Thomas Thi Nguyen Shelley Walker Sophie Hill Alison Coelho Alisa Pedrana Mark Stoové Margaret Hellard Katherine B Gibney Anna L Wilkinson |
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| description | <h4>Objectives</h4>Whilst public health measures were effective in reducing COVID-19 transmission, unintended negative consequences may have occurred. This study aims to assess changes alcohol consumption and the heavy episodic drinking (HED) during the pandemic.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were from the Optimise Study, a longitudinal cohort of Australian adults September 2020-August 2022 that over-sampled priority populations at higher risk of contracting COVID-19, developing severe COVID-19 or experiencing adverse consequences of lockdowns. Frequency of alcohol consumption (mean number of days per week) and past-week HED were self-reported. Generalised linear models estimated the association between time and (1) the frequency of alcohol consumption and (2) heavy episodic drinking.<h4>Results</h4>Data from 688 participants (mean age: 44.7 years, SD:17.0; 72.7% female) and 10,957 surveys were included. Mean days of alcohol consumption per week decreased from 1.92 (SD: 1.92) in 2020 to 1.54 (SD:1.94) in 2022. The proportion of participants reporting HED decreased from 25.4% in 2020 to 13.1% in 2022. During two lockdown periods, known as "lockdown five", (OR:0.65, 95%CI [0.47,0.90]) and "lockdown six" (OR:0.76, 95%CI [0.67,0.87]), participants were less likely to report HED.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Participants alcohol drinking frequency and HED decreased during the pandemic. This study provides a strong description of alcohol consumption during the pandemic and suggests that lockdowns did not have the unintended consequences of increased alcohol consumption. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-31e4cfda49684c29b1a30cfcee2d5e582024-12-13T05:31:47ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-011912e031359910.1371/journal.pone.0313599A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.Tianhui KeMichael LivingstonYanqin ZhangDamian PavlyshynAimée AltermattAlexander ThomasThi NguyenShelley WalkerSophie HillAlison CoelhoAlisa PedranaMark StoovéMargaret HellardKatherine B GibneyAnna L Wilkinson<h4>Objectives</h4>Whilst public health measures were effective in reducing COVID-19 transmission, unintended negative consequences may have occurred. This study aims to assess changes alcohol consumption and the heavy episodic drinking (HED) during the pandemic.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were from the Optimise Study, a longitudinal cohort of Australian adults September 2020-August 2022 that over-sampled priority populations at higher risk of contracting COVID-19, developing severe COVID-19 or experiencing adverse consequences of lockdowns. Frequency of alcohol consumption (mean number of days per week) and past-week HED were self-reported. Generalised linear models estimated the association between time and (1) the frequency of alcohol consumption and (2) heavy episodic drinking.<h4>Results</h4>Data from 688 participants (mean age: 44.7 years, SD:17.0; 72.7% female) and 10,957 surveys were included. Mean days of alcohol consumption per week decreased from 1.92 (SD: 1.92) in 2020 to 1.54 (SD:1.94) in 2022. The proportion of participants reporting HED decreased from 25.4% in 2020 to 13.1% in 2022. During two lockdown periods, known as "lockdown five", (OR:0.65, 95%CI [0.47,0.90]) and "lockdown six" (OR:0.76, 95%CI [0.67,0.87]), participants were less likely to report HED.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Participants alcohol drinking frequency and HED decreased during the pandemic. This study provides a strong description of alcohol consumption during the pandemic and suggests that lockdowns did not have the unintended consequences of increased alcohol consumption.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313599 |
| spellingShingle | Tianhui Ke Michael Livingston Yanqin Zhang Damian Pavlyshyn Aimée Altermatt Alexander Thomas Thi Nguyen Shelley Walker Sophie Hill Alison Coelho Alisa Pedrana Mark Stoové Margaret Hellard Katherine B Gibney Anna L Wilkinson A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE |
| title | A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| title_full | A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| title_fullStr | A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| title_short | A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| title_sort | longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in victoria australia during the covid 19 pandemic |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313599 |
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