Alcohol consumption and COVID-19 in Europe: how the pandemic hit the weak.
Ann Ist Super Sanita
; 58(1): 6-15, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2144605
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The COVID-19 pandemic came along with several health and social unprecedented emergencies, among which handling people with substance use disorder issues.METHODS:
In this work, data from a cross-sectional online survey conducted among more than 40,000 adults in 21 European countries during the spring of 2020 are analyzed. The survey recorded participants drinking habits during the year preceding the survey and the changes in alcohol consumption during lockdown. The analyses focused on alcohol consumers' type, investigating on the behavioral change in people who already had a problematic alcohol consumption attitude. RESULTS ANDCONCLUSION:
The results show how subjects with risky or hazardous use of alcohol increased both drinking quantity and frequency in most European countries, underlining the urge to establish regulations on online and home delivered alcoholic beverages availability and reinforcing and restructuring health care services.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Ist Super Sanita
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
ANN_22_01_02
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