Association of Substance Use With Behavioral Adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for COVID-19 Mitigation: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substance use is a risk factor for COVID-19 infection and adverse outcomes. However, reasons for elevated risk for COVID-19 in substance users are not well understood.

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether alcohol or other drug use is associated with adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for COVID-19 mitigation. Preregistered analyses tested the hypothesis that greater use of alcohol and other drugs would be associated with lower CDC guideline adherence. A secondary objective was to determine whether substance use was associated with the likelihood of COVID-19 testing or outcome.

Methods

A cross-sectional web-based survey was administered to a convenience sample recruited through Amazon's Mechanical Turk

SUBMITTER: Monnig MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8582757 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature