Changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic are dependent on initial consumption level: Findings from eight European countries
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11110%2F21%3A10432568" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11110/21:10432568 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00064165:_____/21:10432568
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=-KqjP.ixHs" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=-KqjP.ixHs</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910547" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph181910547</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic are dependent on initial consumption level: Findings from eight European countries
Original language description
Evidence suggests that changes in alcohol consumption during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic were unevenly distributed over consumer groups. We investigated possible inter-country differences in how changes in alcohol consumption are contingent on initial consumption (before or at the start of the pandemic), and how changes in consumption translate into possible changes in the prevalence of heavy drinking. We used data from the European Survey on Alcohol use and COVID-19 (ESAC) conducted in Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Spain, and the UK (N = 31921). Past-year alcohol consumption and changes in consumption were measured by AUDIT-C. Drinking habits were compared according to percentiles of pre-pandemic consumption levels, below versus above the 90th percentile. Across countries, drinkers in the highest 10% for pre-pandemic consumption increased their drinking during the pandemic, whereas absolute changes among those initially drinking below this level were modest. The percentage of people reporting >28 alcohol units/week increased significantly in seven of eight countries. During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol consumption in the upper decile of the drinkers increased as did the prevalence of heavy drinkers, in contrast with a declining consumption in other groups in the sample.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30312 - Substance abuse
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN
1660-4601
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
19
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
10547
UT code for WoS article
000729992000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85116521849