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. 2021 Oct 27;10(4):901–911. doi: 10.1556/2006.2021.00073

Table 3.

Estimated change in substance use and other reinforcing behaviours from before to during the COVID-19 crisis based on latent change score model and percentage of change (n = 2,344)

Change in Estimate Bias-corrected percentile bootstrap confidence intervals
2.5% 97.5% % change
Weekly drinking volume (n standard drinks) −1.15 −1.55 −0.80 −16.8%
Weekly frequency of heavy episodic drinking −0.05 −0.08 −0.02 −17.7%
Weekly number of cigarettesa −0.81 −1.78 0.18 4.9%
Weekly frequency of illegal cannabis use 0.02 −0.01 0.05 6.4%
Weekly hours spent gaming 3.08 2.76 3.43 75.3%
Weekly hours spent watching TV series 3.55 3.23 3.88 75.0%
Weekly hours spent watching internet pornography 0.23 −0.05 0.51 4.7%

Note. Coefficients in bold are significant according to bias-corrected 2.5% and 97.5% percentile bootstrap confidence intervals. aThis change is significant in the sensitivity analysis (see Table S3).