Hangover-Related Internet Searches Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in England: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is unclear whether heavy alcohol use and associated hangover symptoms changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to a lack of available accurate and nonretrospective self-reported data, it is difficult to directly assess hangover symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

This study aimed to examine whether alcohol-induced hangover-related internet searches (eg, "how to cure a hangover?") increased, decreased, or remained the same in England before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) and during periods of national lockdown. Secondary aims were to examine if hangover-related internet searches in England differed compared to a country that did not impose similar COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

Methods

Using historical data from Goo

SUBMITTER: Robinson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994424 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature