TABLE 2.
Comparison of alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorders across pre‐ and post‐COVID‐19 period for total sample and by gender
| Total (n = 1819) | Men (n = 636) | Women (n = 1182) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre‐COVID | Post‐COVID | Pre‐COVID | Post‐COVID | Pre‐COVID | Post‐COVID | |
| Drinking measures in % | ||||||
| Current drinker a | 72.7% | 70.1%* | 74.1% | 69.2%** | 71.3% | 70.9% |
| Risky drinking | 29.6 | 25.8* | 29.1 | 23.9* | 30.0 | 27.7 |
| Any 5+ | 21.9 | 19.2* | 27.2 | 22.1* | 17.1 | 16.4 |
| Daily drinking | 6.3 | 9.6** | 6.7 | 10.6** | 5.9 | 8.8** |
| AUD mild | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| AUD moderate/severe | 2.3 | 3.9** | 2.6 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 3.6** |
| Alcohol consumption in mean (SE) | ||||||
| Graduated frequency measures | ||||||
| GF volume | 176.8 (13.7) | 202.1 (14.2) | 191.0 (23.3) | 218.1 (23.9) | 163.6 (15.0) | 187.2 (15.9) |
| Volume from 1 to 2 drinks | 55.5 (3.4) | 63.0 (3.7)* | 63.4 (5.4) | 66.0 (5.8) | 48.1 (4.1) | 60.3 (4.7)** |
| Volume from 3 to 4 drinks | 49.0 (4.8) | 52.4 (5.3) | 38.0 (4.8) | 44.6 (6.6) | 59.4 (8.0) | 59.8 (8.3) |
| Volume from 5+ drinks | 72.3 (11.6) | 86.6 (11.9) | 89.6 (21.4) | 107.5 (21.2) | 56.1 (10.2) | 67.2 (11.8) |
| Beverage‐specific QF measures | ||||||
| Beer drinking days | 23.3 (1.7) | 24.3 (1.9) | 30.9 (2.9) | 30.3 (3.1) | 16.1 (1.8) | 18.8 (2.1) |
| Beer volume | 68.8 (6.4) | 75.3 (7.4) | 88.8 (10.6) | 93.5 (11.5) | 50.1 (7.6) | 58.4 (9.5) |
| Wine drinking days | 23.9 (1.6) | 27.2 (1.8)* | 21.5 (2.3) | 24.8 (2.8) | 26.2 (2.3) | 29.3 (2.3) |
| Wine volume | 48.7 (3.7) | 64.4 (6.7)** | 45.3 (5.4) | 60.9 (11.8) | 52.0 (5.1) | 67.7 (6.7)** |
| Spirits drinking days | 17.4 (1.6) | 23.5 (2.3)** | 20.1 (2.3) | 26.7 (3.4)** | 14.9 (2.3) | 20.4 (3.1)** |
| Sprits volume | 45.5 (5.1) | 67.7 (8.6)** | 53.2 (7.5) | 77.9 (13.2)** | 38.4 (7.0) | 58.2 (11.1)* |
| Total volume wine/beer/spirits | 162.9 (10.4) | 207.3 (14.8)** | 187.4 (16.4) | 232.2 (24.4)** | 140.1 (13.1) | 184.1 (17.3)** |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, pre‐ and post‐COVID comparison.
a
Significant interaction (p < 0.05) between men and women on change in drinking.