探索 2020 年至 2021 年期间，英国英格兰地区逐渐增加和风险更高的饮酒者临时戒酒的变化，以及 Try Dry 应用程序用户参与“干一月”活动的情况。
Exploring changes in temporary abstinence in increasing and higher risk drinkers in England and Dry January participation in users of the Try Dry app in the UK between 2020 and 2021.
机构信息
Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK.
School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
出版信息
BMC Public Health. 2022 Sep 26;22(1):1822. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14188-4.
BACKGROUND
We looked at changes in the prevalence of increasing and higher risk drinkers reporting a reduction attempt motivated by temporary abstinence and changes in prevalence of use of the official app accompanying Dry January between 2020 vs 2021, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also explored potential shifts in the sociodemographic composition of both groups.
METHODS
We analysed data from: i) 1863 increasing and higher risk drinkers (defined as ≥ 8 on the AUDIT) responding to a nationally representative survey of adults in England in January and February 2020 and 2021, and ii) 104,598 users of the 'Try Dry' app, the official aid to those participating in Dry January 2020 and 2021 in the UK. We used logistic regression to examine shifts in the prevalence of increasing and higher risk drinkers reporting a reduction attempt motivated by temporary abstinence and explored whether there were shifts in the characteristics of this group in terms of AUDIT score, number of last year reduction attempts, smoking status, living alone, living with children, reducing alcohol consumption due to future health motives, age, sex, and occupational social grade between 2020 and 2021. We used t-tests and chi-squared tests to compare the prevalence of users of the 'Try Dry' app in 2020 and 2021 and examine whether the two groups differed in terms of age and sex.
RESULTS
The proportion of increasing and higher risk drinkers reporting a reduction attempt motivated by temporary abstinence increased from 4% in 2020 to 8% in 2021 (OR = 2.07, 95% CI = 1.38-3.11, p < .001) with no changes detected in sociodemographic composition. The number of Try Dry app users in 2021 increased by 34.8% relative to 2020. App users in 2021 were two years older on average [p < .001, d = .02], with a 2% increase in the proportion of female app users [p < .001, vs. < .01].
CONCLUSIONS
Higher participation in Dry January 2021 relative to 2020 indicates increased engagement with a period of temporary abstinence following the COVID-19 related lockdowns in England and the UK, which is positive in the wider context of increasing alcohol consumption throughout the pandemic.
背景
我们观察了在 COVID-19 大流行期间，2020 年和 2021 年，随着英格兰和英国因 COVID-19 相关封锁而临时禁酒的人数增加，尝试禁酒的人越来越多，以及更高风险的饮酒者报告说，他们出于临时戒酒的动机而尝试戒酒的比例有所增加，以及伴随着这一变化，使用官方的“干一月”应用程序的人数的变化情况。我们还探讨了这两个群体的社会人口结构组成的潜在变化。
方法
我们分析了以下数据：i）在 2020 年 1 月和 2 月，对英格兰成年人进行的一项全国代表性调查中，1863 名逐渐增加和高风险饮酒者（定义为 AUDIT 得分≥8）做出了回应，ii）在 2020 年和 2021 年，英国 104598 名使用“尝试禁酒”应用程序的用户。我们使用逻辑回归来检验报告因临时戒酒而试图减少饮酒的人数增加的高风险饮酒者的比例变化，并探讨在 AUDIT 评分、去年减少饮酒尝试次数、吸烟状况、独居、与子女同住、因未来健康原因减少饮酒、年龄、性别和职业社会等级等方面，这一群体的特征是否存在变化。我们使用 t 检验和卡方检验比较了 2020 年和 2021 年使用“尝试禁酒”应用程序的用户比例，并检验了这两个群体在年龄和性别方面是否存在差异。
结果
报告因临时戒酒而试图减少饮酒的人数比例从 2020 年的 4%增加到 2021 年的 8%（OR=2.07，95%CI=1.38-3.11，p<0.001），社会人口统计学组成没有变化。2021 年“尝试禁酒”应用程序的用户数量比 2020 年增加了 34.8%。2021 年的应用程序用户平均年龄大两岁[ p<0.001，d=0.02]，女性应用程序用户的比例增加了 2%[ p<0.001，与<.01]。
结论
与 2020 年相比，2021 年“干一月”活动的参与度更高，这表明在英格兰和英国因 COVID-19 相关封锁而临时禁酒期间，人们对戒酒的参与度有所提高，这在整个大流行期间饮酒量增加的背景下是积极的。
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