An N-of-1 study of daily alcohol consumption following minimum unit pricing implementation in Scotland.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Within the context of Scotland's policy change to implement a minimum unit price (MUP) per unit of alcohol sold in licensed premises, this study used an N-of-1 design to assess between-person differences in the psychological and social factors associated with daily alcohol consumption.

Design and setting

A mixed-methods approach combined N-of-1 observational studies, comprising daily surveys followed by qualitative social network interviews (not reported here). Peer researchers with lived experience of substance use were involved in the study design and fieldwork was conducted in towns and rural areas in the East of Scotland.

Participants/cases

Twenty-five adults with current or recent history of alcohol dependence recruited for three 12-week waves

SUBMITTER: Kwasnicka D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248017 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature