在COVID-19大流行期间,酒精消费和自杀率的下降以及它们之间的关联
1Department of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)
|March 27, 2024
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,与减少酒精消费相关的成人自杀率下降. 这强调了减少饮酒是预防自杀的关键策略,尤其是在公共卫生危机期间.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 成研究 研究成研究
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,COVID-19流行病显著改变了酒精消费模式.
- 这些变化对自杀率的具体影响,特别是与酒精有关的影响,尚未研究.
- 了解这种关系对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间调查自杀率变化与酒精消费之间的关联.
- 为了确定这种关联是否与其他死亡原因相比,与自杀有关.
- 通过检查酒精的作用,为预防自杀策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 使用了对比的中断时间序列 (CITS) 分析.
- 数据包括自杀率 (19-60岁的成年人和19岁以下的未成年人),癌症死亡率和人均酒精消费.
- 该研究比较了大流行期间 (2020-2021) 的趋势与大流行前的数据,并根据时间趋势和COVID-19的影响进行了调整.
主要成果:
- 在大流行期间,成人自杀率和人均酒精消费率下降.
- 在19岁及以下的个人中,自杀率和癌症死亡率增加.
- 该CITS模型表明,减少酒精消费与减少成人自杀率有关,即使在调整了与流行病相关的因素之后.
结论:
- 在大流行期间在韩国观察到的成年人自杀率下降显著与减少饮酒量有关.
- 酒精是自杀的强有力的触发因素,这强调了减少饮酒的重要性.
- 这些发现提倡加强减少酒精消费的努力,作为首要的自杀预防措施.
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