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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2021.064

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Factors associated with increase in alcohol consumption during first months of COVID‑19 pandemic among online social media users in Russia

Gil AU, Demin AK
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Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Artyom U. Gil
Trubetskaya, 8, str. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russia; moc.liamg@moytra.lig

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Acknowledgements: the authors thank Uri and Raisa Gil for their help in disseminating information about the survey in online social media, for their critical comments on the interpretation and discussion of the results.

Author contributions: Gil AU planned the study, designed the electronic questionnaire form, collected date, performed statistical analysis, interpreted the results and wrote the manuscript; Demin AK interpreted the results and wrote the manuscript.

Received: 2021-11-21 Accepted: 2021-12-19 Published online: 2021-12-30
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Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents and characteristics related to typical alcohol use and the SARS-CoV‑2 pandemic, by sex (%)
Note: * — significance of differences between the groups was assessed using χ2 -test for heterogeneity; ** — among alcohol drinkers (those who consumed alcohol at least once in the past 12 months).
Table 2. Associations of sociodemographic factors, typical frequency and volume of alcohol use, unrecorded alcohol consumption, negative consequences of the COVID‑19 pandemic with the increase in the frequency of alcohol consumption in the first months of the COVID‑19 pandemic, 2020, (OR, 95% CI)
Table 3. Associations of sociodemographic factors, typical frequency and volume of alcohol use, consumption of unrecorded alcohol, negative consequences of the COVID‑19 pandemic with the increase in the usual consumption (volume) of alcohol on a typical drinking occasion in the first months of the COVID‑19 pandemic, 2020, (OR, 95% CI)
Table 4. Associations of sociodemographic factors, typical frequency and volume of alcohol use, consumption of unrecorded alcohol, negative consequences of the COVID‑19 pandemic with the increase in the frequency of heavy episodic drinking in the first months of the COVID‑19 pandemic, 2020, (OR, 95% CI)*
Note: * — respondents who had never drunk 6 or more alcoholic drinks on a single occasion in the past 12 months were excluded from the analysis.