Alcohol use in self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Brazil.

Autor: Moura HF; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Departamento de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil., von Diemen L; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Departamento de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil., Bulzing RA; Departamento de Métodos e Técnicas Desportivas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil., Meyer J; Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA., Grabovac I; Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., López-Sánchez GF; Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain., Sadarangani KP; Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud y Odontología, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile., Tully MA; School of Medicine, Ulster University, Belfast, UK., Smith L; Centre for Health, Performance and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK., Schuch FB; Departamento de Métodos e Técnicas Desportivas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy [Trends Psychiatry Psychother] 2023; Vol. 45, pp. e20210337. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 19.
DOI: 10.47626/2237-6089-2021-0337
Abstrakt: Objectives: To assess alcohol use and perceived change in alcohol consumption (before and during the pandemic) in Brazilians during the COVID-19 pandemic, their correlates, and their associations with depressive, anxiety and co-occurring depressive and anxiety symptoms (D&A).
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study comprising 992 individuals in self-isolation. A self-report questionnaire was used to assess whether participants were drinking during self-isolation and whether they changed their drinking behavior (drinking less, more, or no change) from before to during the pandemic. D&A symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories (BDI and BAI).
Results: A total of 68.5% of participants reported alcohol consumption during the pandemic, and 22.7% of these reported increased alcohol use. Smoking was positively associated with alcohol consumption during the pandemic. Alcohol consumption was associated with anxiety (OR = 1.40, 95%CI 1.06-1.85, p < 0.01) and D&A (OR = 1.38, 95%CI 1.02-1.87, p = 0.033) symptoms.
Conclusions: Drinking during self-isolation was prevalent and was associated with risk factors for alcohol use disorders. The long-term effects of high drinking rates and increased consumption should be proactively monitored and assessed.
Competing Interests: No conflicts of interest declared concerning the publication of this article.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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