Alcohol consumption changes during the first COVID-19 lockdown: an online population survey in a convenience sample of French-speaking Belgian residents.

An online survey among French-speaking Belgians (N=7711) investigated self-reported changes in alcohol consumption during the first COVID-19-related lockdown (March 17 - May 4 2020). Population-weighted estimates indicated that 31.37% of the population increased consumption during lockdown, 30.32% decreased consumption and 38.31% reported unchanged consumption. The magnitude of change was higher for "decreasers" than "increasers", resulting in a slight reduction in overall consumption. A multiple regression analysis revealed that age, occupational status, number of cohabitants, perceived alcoh... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Pabst, Arthur
Bollen, Zoé
Creupelandt, Coralie
Fontesse, Sullivan
Orban, Thomas
De Duve, Martin
Pinon, Nicolas
Maurage, Pierre
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Verlag/Hrsg.: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press
Schlagwörter: Adaptation / Psychological / Adolescent / Adult / Aged / 80 and over / Alcohol Drinking / Belgium / COVID-19 / Communicable Disease Control / Female / Health Surveys / Humans / Male / Middle Aged / Motivation / Self Report / Social Isolation / Stress / Surveys and Questionnaires / Young Adult / Alcohol / Coronavirus / Online survey
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26918814
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/264025

An online survey among French-speaking Belgians (N=7711) investigated self-reported changes in alcohol consumption during the first COVID-19-related lockdown (March 17 - May 4 2020). Population-weighted estimates indicated that 31.37% of the population increased consumption during lockdown, 30.32% decreased consumption and 38.31% reported unchanged consumption. The magnitude of change was higher for "decreasers" than "increasers", resulting in a slight reduction in overall consumption. A multiple regression analysis revealed that age, occupational status, number of cohabitants, perceived alcohol accessibility, drinking motivations and previous consumption predicted consumption changes. The lockdown was thus associated with consumption modifications among French-speaking Belgians, without a prevailing direction of change.