Reduced alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico

Jakob Manthey; Sinclair Carr; Peter Anderson; Natalia Bautista; Fleur Braddick; Amy O'Donnell; Eva Jané-Llopis; Hugo López-Pelayo; Perla Medina; Juliana Mejía-Trujillo; Augusto Pérez-Gómez; Marina Piazza; Jürgen Rehm; Adriana Solovei; Guillermina Natera Rey; Hein de Vries; Bernd Schulte

doi:10.7189/jogh.12.05002

Reduced alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico

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Reduced alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico. / Manthey, Jakob; Carr, Sinclair; Anderson, Peter; Bautista, Natalia; Braddick, Fleur; O'Donnell, Amy; Jané-Llopis, Eva; López-Pelayo, Hugo; Medina, Perla; Mejía-Trujillo, Juliana; Pérez-Gómez, Augusto; Piazza, Marina; Rehm, Jürgen; Solovei, Adriana; Rey, Guillermina Natera; de Vries, Hein; Schulte, Bernd.

in: J GLOB HEALTH, Jahrgang 12, 05002, 2022.

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Harvard

Manthey, J, Carr, S, Anderson, P, Bautista, N, Braddick, F, O'Donnell, A, Jané-Llopis, E, López-Pelayo, H, Medina, P, Mejía-Trujillo, J, Pérez-Gómez, A, Piazza, M, Rehm, J, Solovei, A, Rey, GN, de Vries, H & Schulte, B 2022, 'Reduced alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico', J GLOB HEALTH, Jg. 12, 05002. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.05002

APA

Manthey, J., Carr, S., Anderson, P., Bautista, N., Braddick, F., O'Donnell, A., Jané-Llopis, E., López-Pelayo, H., Medina, P., Mejía-Trujillo, J., Pérez-Gómez, A., Piazza, M., Rehm, J., Solovei, A., Rey, G. N., de Vries, H., & Schulte, B. (2022). Reduced alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico. J GLOB HEALTH, 12, [05002]. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.05002

Vancouver

Manthey J, Carr S, Anderson P, Bautista N, Braddick F, O'Donnell A et al. Reduced alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico. J GLOB HEALTH. 2022;12. 05002. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.05002

Bibtex

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title = "Reduced alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico",

abstract = "BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase of heavy alcohol use has been reported in several high-income countries. We examined changes in alcohol use during the pandemic among primary health care (PHC) patients in two middle income countries, Colombia and Mexico.METHODS: Data were collected during routine consultations in 34 PHC centres as part of a large-scale implementation study. Providers measured patients' alcohol consumption with the three item 'Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test' (AUDIT-C). Generalized linear mixed models were performed to examine changes in two dependent variables over time (pre-pandemic and during pandemic): 1) the AUDIT-C score and 2) the proportion of heavy drinking patients (8+ on AUDIT-C).RESULTS: Over a period of more than 600 days, data from N = 17 273 patients were collected. During the pandemic, the number of patients with their alcohol consumption measured decreased in Colombia and Mexico. Each month into the pandemic was associated with a 1.5% and 1.9% reduction in the mean AUDIT-C score in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. The proportion of heavy drinking patients declined during the pandemic in Colombia (pre-pandemic: 5.4%, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.8% to 6.0%; during the pandemic: 0.8%, 95% CI = 0.6% to 1.1%) but did not change in Mexico.CONCLUSIONS: Average consumption levels declined and the prevalence of heavy drinking patterns did not increase. In addition to reduced opportunities for social drinking during the pandemic, changes in the population seeking PHC and restrictions in alcohol availability and affordability are likely drivers for lower levels of alcohol use by patients in this study.",

keywords = "Alcohol Drinking/epidemiology, Alcoholism/epidemiology, COVID-19/epidemiology, Colombia/epidemiology, Humans, Mexico/epidemiology, Pandemics, Primary Health Care",

author = "Jakob Manthey and Sinclair Carr and Peter Anderson and Natalia Bautista and Fleur Braddick and Amy O'Donnell and Eva Jan{\'e}-Llopis and Hugo L{\'o}pez-Pelayo and Perla Medina and Juliana Mej{\'i}a-Trujillo and Augusto P{\'e}rez-G{\'o}mez and Marina Piazza and J{\"u}rgen Rehm and Adriana Solovei and Rey, {Guillermina Natera} and {de Vries}, Hein and Bernd Schulte",

year = "2022",

doi = "10.7189/jogh.12.05002",

language = "English",

volume = "12",

journal = "J GLOB HEALTH",

issn = "2047-2978",

publisher = "Edinburgh University Global Health Society",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Reduced alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico

AU - Manthey, Jakob

AU - Carr, Sinclair

AU - Anderson, Peter

AU - Bautista, Natalia

AU - Braddick, Fleur

AU - O'Donnell, Amy

AU - Jané-Llopis, Eva

AU - López-Pelayo, Hugo

AU - Medina, Perla

AU - Mejía-Trujillo, Juliana

AU - Pérez-Gómez, Augusto

AU - Piazza, Marina

AU - Rehm, Jürgen

AU - Solovei, Adriana

AU - Rey, Guillermina Natera

AU - de Vries, Hein

AU - Schulte, Bernd

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase of heavy alcohol use has been reported in several high-income countries. We examined changes in alcohol use during the pandemic among primary health care (PHC) patients in two middle income countries, Colombia and Mexico.METHODS: Data were collected during routine consultations in 34 PHC centres as part of a large-scale implementation study. Providers measured patients' alcohol consumption with the three item 'Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test' (AUDIT-C). Generalized linear mixed models were performed to examine changes in two dependent variables over time (pre-pandemic and during pandemic): 1) the AUDIT-C score and 2) the proportion of heavy drinking patients (8+ on AUDIT-C).RESULTS: Over a period of more than 600 days, data from N = 17 273 patients were collected. During the pandemic, the number of patients with their alcohol consumption measured decreased in Colombia and Mexico. Each month into the pandemic was associated with a 1.5% and 1.9% reduction in the mean AUDIT-C score in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. The proportion of heavy drinking patients declined during the pandemic in Colombia (pre-pandemic: 5.4%, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.8% to 6.0%; during the pandemic: 0.8%, 95% CI = 0.6% to 1.1%) but did not change in Mexico.CONCLUSIONS: Average consumption levels declined and the prevalence of heavy drinking patterns did not increase. In addition to reduced opportunities for social drinking during the pandemic, changes in the population seeking PHC and restrictions in alcohol availability and affordability are likely drivers for lower levels of alcohol use by patients in this study.

AB - BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase of heavy alcohol use has been reported in several high-income countries. We examined changes in alcohol use during the pandemic among primary health care (PHC) patients in two middle income countries, Colombia and Mexico.METHODS: Data were collected during routine consultations in 34 PHC centres as part of a large-scale implementation study. Providers measured patients' alcohol consumption with the three item 'Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test' (AUDIT-C). Generalized linear mixed models were performed to examine changes in two dependent variables over time (pre-pandemic and during pandemic): 1) the AUDIT-C score and 2) the proportion of heavy drinking patients (8+ on AUDIT-C).RESULTS: Over a period of more than 600 days, data from N = 17 273 patients were collected. During the pandemic, the number of patients with their alcohol consumption measured decreased in Colombia and Mexico. Each month into the pandemic was associated with a 1.5% and 1.9% reduction in the mean AUDIT-C score in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. The proportion of heavy drinking patients declined during the pandemic in Colombia (pre-pandemic: 5.4%, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.8% to 6.0%; during the pandemic: 0.8%, 95% CI = 0.6% to 1.1%) but did not change in Mexico.CONCLUSIONS: Average consumption levels declined and the prevalence of heavy drinking patterns did not increase. In addition to reduced opportunities for social drinking during the pandemic, changes in the population seeking PHC and restrictions in alcohol availability and affordability are likely drivers for lower levels of alcohol use by patients in this study.

KW - Alcohol Drinking/epidemiology

KW - Alcoholism/epidemiology

KW - COVID-19/epidemiology

KW - Colombia/epidemiology

KW - Humans

KW - Mexico/epidemiology

KW - Pandemics

KW - Primary Health Care

U2 - 10.7189/jogh.12.05002

DO - 10.7189/jogh.12.05002

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

C2 - 35356652

VL - 12

JO - J GLOB HEALTH

JF - J GLOB HEALTH

SN - 2047-2978

M1 - 05002

ER -