Alcohol use trajectories among U.S. adults during the first 42 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study characterized the prevalence, drinking patterns, and sociodemographic characteristics of U.S. adult subpopulations with distinct drinking trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic's first 42 weeks.

Methods

Adult respondents (n = 8130) in a nationally representative prospective longitudinal study completed 21 biweekly web surveys (March 2020 to January 2021). Past-week alcohol drinking frequency (drinking days [range: 0 to 7]) and intensity (binge drinking on usual past-week drinking day [yes/no]) were assessed at each timepoint. Growth mixture models identified multiple subpopulations with homogenous drinking trajectories based on mean drinking days or binge drinking proportional probabilities across time.

Results

Four drinking frequency trajecto

SUBMITTER: Leventhal AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9246926 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature