对酒精使用和酒精使用障碍的分析 美国现役服役妇女的酒精使用障碍趋势
Stephanie Tower1, Amanda Banaag1,2, Rachel Sayko Adams3
1Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Journal of women's health (2002)
|April 29, 2024
概括
在COVID-19期间,现役服役女性的酒精使用和酒精使用障碍减少. 有孩子的服务女性经历了更大的下降,并且酒精使用障碍的几率始终较低.
科学领域:
- 军人卫生保健 军人卫生保健
- 药物使用障碍 药物使用障碍
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 酒精使用和酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 在妇女中正在增加,特别是那些处于生育年龄的妇女.
- 随着COVID-19大流行,前所未有的压力因素可能会影响女性的酒精使用.
- 很少有人知道军事人口中的这些趋势.
研究的目的:
- 检查现役服役妇女 (ADSW) 酒精使用 (AU) 和酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 诊断的趋势.
- 为了比较COVID-19大流行之前和期间的AU和AUD患病率.
- 调查家长地位对ADSW中AU和AUD的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究分析了2016-2021财年281,567个ADSW (COVID-19前) 和237,327个ADSW (COVID-19期间) 的数据.
- 报告了AU和AUD诊断的流行情况,按财政年度和家长身份分类.
- 逻辑双项和逻辑回归评估了人口统计,军事和家庭特征与AU/AUD之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 总体上,AU的患病率从63.0% (COVID-19前) 降至47.9% (COVID-19期间).
- AUD的患病率从4.0% (COVID-19之前) 降至2.7% (COVID-19期间).
- 与没有孩子的人相比,儿童的ADSW显示了AU/AUD的较大减少,AUD的几率始终较低.
结论:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,在ADSW中观察到UA和AUD的意外下降.
- 在大流行期间获得护理的机会减少可能影响了准确的流行率捕获.
- 针对有针对性的健康倡议,建议对家长地位和人口统计数据进行进一步的流行后研究.
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