风险饮酒者中酒精消费的趋势:英国的一项人口研究,2014-2023年
Sarah Jackson1, Melissa Oldham1, Colin Angus2
1Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB, United Kingdom; SPECTRUM Consortium, United Kingdom.
The International journal on drug policy
|October 10, 2024
概括
英国风险饮酒者每周的酒精消费波动,在疫情期间下降,随着通货膨胀而上升. 这些变化主要是由单位价格驱动的,而不是消费量,除了目前的吸烟者.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 成研究 研究成研究
背景情况:
- 在过去十年中,研究了英国风险饮酒者中酒精消费的时间趋势.
- 检查这些趋势的驱动因素:酒精价格变化与消费量变化.
- 在不同的人口和行为小组中探索酒精消费模式的变化.
研究的目的:
- 为了估计英国风险饮酒者中酒精消费的时间趋势.
- 为了确定趋势是否受到价格或数量变化的影响.
- 分析酒精消费中的子组差异.
主要方法:
- 使用了全国代表性的每月横截面调查,对44382名有风险饮酒成年人 (18岁以上) 进行了调查 (AUDIT-C评分≥5).
- 从2014年3月到2023年10月的模型趋势使用线性回归.
- 分析了按通货膨胀调整的每周酒精支出,消费量 (单位) 和按人口统计和吸烟状况分层的单位支出.
主要成果:
- 平均每周的酒精消费显示了波动:从2014年3月到2016年5月的下降,到2018年6月的增加,到2021年4月的进一步下降,到2023年10月的增加.
- 支出趋势更接近于每单位酒精支出变化,而不是消费量变化.
- 观察到显著的子组变化:年轻人和目前的吸烟者显示,自2021年以来,支出大幅增加,主要原因分别是单位价格和消费量.
结论:
- 自2014年以来,英格兰的成年危险饮酒者每周酒精消费量出现波动,受到COVID-19大流行和生活成本危机的影响.
- 趋势主要是由酒精单位价格的变化驱动的,而不是消费量,目前的吸烟者除外.
- 了解这些价格和数量动态对于针对酒精消费的公共卫生干预至关重要.
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