Comparison of alcohol consumption and tobacco use among Korean adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant changes worldwide, and due to the strict "Social Distancing Plan" including school closures, Korean adolescents have experienced unprecedented changes in their lives. Considering the peer effect on adolescents' health behavior impacted due to the changes brought about by the pandemic, it would be interesting to explore differences in substance use in Korean adolescents. This study examines how these risk behaviors among Korean adolescents have changed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey of 87,532 adolescents was used to collect the data for the period 2019, 2020, and 2021. The KYRBWS is conducted by a national institution which uses a stratified two-stage cluster

SUBMITTER: Jeong W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10035916 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature