Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Nutrients. 2024 Aug 6;16(16):2591. doi: 10.3390/nu16162591.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had multiple health and behavioral effects in the general population worldwide, including effects on nutritional and lifestyle behavior such as alcohol consumption. This study aimed to determine the frequency of and predictors for change in alcohol consumption two years after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among participants from the general population of six countries.
Longitudinal study design with 4999 participants (47% male; aged 18-75 years) from a general population cohort from six countries: Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (US).
Three web-based surveys at different time waves: T1 = 22 April-1 June 2020; T2 = 2 May-29 June 2021 and T3 = 29 April-25 June 2022. The surveys included questions on self-reported retrospective alcohol consumption, demographics, health, anxiety and depression symptoms and recent life events.
Of 4999 respondents, most (82.3%) reported no change in drinking habits during the pandemic, whereas 12.5% reported drinking less and 5.1% drinking more. Predictive factors for increased alcohol consumption include age 35-54 years, male gender, high educational level, moderate-severe depression symptoms, excessive drinking before the COVID-19 pandemic, no change in general health status and job loss. Predictive factors for decreased alcohol consumption were age 18-34 years, male gender, having chronic disease(s), moderate-severe depression symptoms, excessive drinking before the pandemic and job loss.
The proportion of participants who reported a decrease in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic was higher compared to those who reported an increase. Excessive drinking before the pandemic, depression symptoms and job loss were predictors for both drinking more and drinking less alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic with an stronger association for an increase in alcohol consumption.
新冠疫情在全球范围内对普通人群的健康和行为产生了多种影响，包括对营养和生活方式行为的影响，如饮酒。本研究旨在确定在新冠大流行开始两年后，来自六个国家普通人群的参与者中，饮酒频率的变化及其预测因素。
采用纵向研究设计，共有 4999 名参与者（47%为男性；年龄 18-75 岁）来自六个国家的普通人群队列：希腊、意大利、荷兰、瑞典、英国和美国。
在三个不同的时间波次进行了三次在线调查：T1=2020 年 4 月 22 日至 6 月 1 日；T2=2021 年 5 月 2 日至 6 月 29 日；T3=2022 年 4 月 29 日至 6 月 25 日。调查包括关于自我报告的回溯性饮酒、人口统计学、健康、焦虑和抑郁症状以及近期生活事件的问题。
在 4999 名受访者中，大多数（82.3%）报告在大流行期间饮酒习惯没有变化，而 12.5%的人报告饮酒减少，5.1%的人报告饮酒增加。饮酒增加的预测因素包括 35-54 岁年龄、男性性别、高教育水平、中重度抑郁症状、大流行前过量饮酒、一般健康状况无变化和失业。饮酒减少的预测因素包括 18-34 岁年龄、男性性别、患有慢性疾病、中重度抑郁症状、大流行前过量饮酒和失业。
与报告饮酒增加的参与者相比，报告饮酒减少的参与者比例更高。大流行前过量饮酒、抑郁症状和失业是大流行期间饮酒增加和减少的预测因素，对饮酒增加的关联更强。
