Table 1.

COVID-19 primary stress items relationship with changes in drinking severity (as indexed by the AUDIT-C) from prequarantine to quarantine.

Stress factor	N total	Yes M (SD)	N Yes	No M (SD)	N No	MW P value	MAN1 P value	MAN2 P value	95% CI
Essential worker	1337	0.16 (1.9)	241	−0.21 (1.6)	1096	0.02*	0.01*	0.01*	−0.58 to −0.1
Employment	1337	−0.14 (1.8)	323	−0.14 (1.6)	1014	0.83	0.96	0.92
Others ill	1334	−0.17 (1.8)	497	−0.12 (1.6)	837	0.75	0.64	0.63
Others severely ill	1336	−0.01 (2)	127	−0.15 (1.6)	1209	0.35	0.7	0.69
Isolated alone	1325	−0.1 (1.9)	168	−0.15 (1.6)	1157	0.83	0.85	0.82
Having children	1334	0.34 (1.4)	209	−0.23 (1.7)	1125	<0.0001*	0.005*	0.003*	−12.46 to 0.0
Poor relationship	1168	−0.3 (1.7)	187	−0.13 (1.6)	981	0.35	0.7	0.69
Going outdoors	1336	−0.27 (1.3)	193	−0.12 (1.7)	1143	0.26	0.7	0.69

95% confidence interval (CI) for most stringent statistically significant finding.

*p-value indicates statistical significance.

AUDIT-C, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; M, mean; MAN1 p-value, MANCOVA p-value controlling for age and gender; MAN2 p-value, MANCOVA p-value controlling for age, gender, depression, and anxiety; MW p-value, Mann-Whitney U-Test p-value; SD, standard deviation.