Purchasing, consumption, demographic and socioeconomic variables associated with shifts in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adult
Alcohol Drinking
/ epidemiology
Alcoholic Beverages
/ legislation & jurisprudence
Australia
/ epidemiology
COVID-19
Child
Child Care
/ statistics & numerical data
Commerce
/ legislation & jurisprudence
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Income
/ statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Quarantine
/ statistics & numerical data
SARS-CoV-2
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress, Psychological
/ epidemiology
Teleworking
/ statistics & numerical data
Unemployment
/ statistics & numerical data
Australia
COVID-19
alcohol
Journal
Drug and alcohol review
ISSN: 1465-3362
Titre abrégé: Drug Alcohol Rev
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 9015440
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2021
02 2021
Historique:
received:
10
08
2020
revised:
16
09
2020
accepted:
05
10
2020
pubmed:
11
11
2020
medline:
12
2
2021
entrez:
10
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Restrictions introduced to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have had major impacts on the living circumstances of Australians. This paper aims to provide insight into shifts in alcohol consumption and associated factors during the epidemic. A cross-sectional convenience sample of 2307 Australians aged 18 and over who drank at least monthly was recruited through social media. Respondents were asked about their alcohol consumption and purchasing in 2019 prior to the epidemic plus similar questions about their experiences in the month prior to being surveyed between 29 April and 16 May 2020. Reports of average consumption before (3.53 drinks per day [3.36, 3.71 95% confidence interval]) and during (3.52 [3.34, 3.69]) the pandemic were stable. However, young men and those who drank more outside the home in 2019 reported decreased consumption during the pandemic, and people with high levels of stress and those who bulk-bought alcohol when restrictions were announced reported an increase in consumption relative to those who did not. A reported increase in consumption among those experiencing more stress suggests that some people may have been drinking to cope during the epidemic. Conversely, the reported decrease in consumption among those who drank more outside of their home in 2019 suggests that closing all on-trade sales did not result in complete substitution of on-premise drinking with home drinking in this group. Monitoring of relevant subgroups to assess long-term changes in consumption in the aftermath of the epidemic is recommended.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
183-191Subventions
Organisme : Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 1123840
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 1161246
Organisme : Australian Research Council
ID : DE180100016
Organisme : Australian Research Council
ID : DE190100329
Informations de copyright
© 2020 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.
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