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Assessing international alcohol consumption patterns during isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic using an online survey: highlighting negative emotionality mechanisms.

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OBJECTIVES:The COVID-19 pandemic has required drastic safety measures to control virus spread, including an extended self-isolation period. Stressful situations increase alcohol craving and consumption in alcohol use disorder (AUD) and non-AUD drinkers. Thus, we assessed how COVID-19 related stress may have affected drinking behaviours in the general population. DESIGN:We developed an online cross-sectional survey, Habit Tracker (HabiT), which measured changes in drinking behaviours before and during COVID-19 quarantine. We also assessed psychiatric factors such as anxiety, depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) and impulsivity (Short-Impulsive Behavior Scale). Lastly, we related drinking behaviours to COVID-19 specific stress factors. SETTING:HabiT was released internationally, with individuals from 83 countries participating. PARTICIPANTS:Participants were included if they were 18 years of age or older and confirmed they were proficient in English. The survey was completed by 2873 adults with 1346 usable data (46.9% accurately completed). PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES:Primary outcome measures were change in amount and severity of drinking behaviours before and during quarantine, and current drinking severity during quarantine. RESULTS:Although drinking behaviours decreased overall during quarantine, 36% reported an increase in alcohol use. Those who increased alcohol use during quarantine were older individuals (95% CI 0.04 to 0.1, p<0.0001), essential workers (95% CI -0.58 to -0.1, p=0.01), individuals with children (95% CI -12.46 to 0.0, p=0.003), those with a personal relationship with someone severely ill from COVID-19 (95% CI -2 to -0.38, p=0.01) and those with higher depression (95% CI 0.67 to 1.45, p<0.0001), anxiety (95% CI 0.61 to 1.5, p=0.0002), and positive urgency impulsivity (95% CI 0.16 to 0.72, p=0.009). Furthermore, country-level subsample analyses indicated that drinking amount (95% CI 9.36 to 13.13, p=0.003) increased in the UK during quarantine. CONCLUSIONS:Our findings highlight a role for identifying those vulnerable for alcohol misuse during periods of self-isolation and underscore the theoretical mechanism of negative emotionality underlying drinking behaviours driven by stress. Limitations include a large degree of study dropout (n=1515). Future studies should assess the long-term effects of isolation on drinking behaviours.

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BMJ Open

journal_title

BMJ open

authors

Sallie SN,Ritou V,Bowden-Jones H,Voon V

doi

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044276

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-11-26 00:00:00

pages

e044276

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issn

2044-6055

pii

bmjopen-2020-044276

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Assessing international alcohol consumption patterns during isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic using an online survey: highlighting negative emotionality mechanisms.