在COVID-19大流行期间,重度插曲性饮酒和自我报告的增加酒精使用:加拿大的前线和基本工作人员的焦点
Melanie Varin1, Jeyasakthi Venugopal1, Le Li1
1Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
概括
加拿大的前线和基本工作人员在COVID-19大流行期间没有增加酒精消费. 然而,诸如心理健康和社会决定因素等因素对不同群体的酒精使用产生了不同的影响,这凸显了针对性预防策略的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 证据表明,在全球COVID-19大流行期间,前线和基本工作人员的酒精使用增加.
- 在本研究之前,这个现象在加拿大背景下仍然没有被研究.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间调查加拿大前线,基本和非前线/非基本工人的酒精消费模式.
- 确定与这些群体中增加的酒精使用和重度插曲性饮酒相关的社会和心理健康因素.
主要方法:
- 利用了2020年加拿大COVID-19和心理健康调查的数据.
- 计算的加权流行率和增加酒精消费和重度插曲性饮酒的置信区间.
- 使用后勤回归来分析社会决定因素,心理健康和酒精使用之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 在前线,基本和非前线/非基本工人之间,没有发现增加酒精消费或重度插曲性饮酒的显著差异.
- 所有群体中的非种族化个体对这两种结果都有更高的几率.
- 泛性焦虑症和情绪障碍与所有组的酒精消费增加有关.
- 性别和地理因素在特定的工人群体中显示出与酒精使用的差异关联.
结论:
- 与非前线/非基本工人相比,加拿大的前线和基本工人没有出现较高的增加酒精消费或重度插曲性饮酒率.
- 具体因素,包括心理健康状况和社会决定因素,在不同工人群体中与酒精使用模式有独特的关联.
- 结果强调了分别分析子组的重要性,以告知针对性公共卫生干预和酒精使用预防策略.
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