Reduced alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico

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dc.contributor.affiliationInstitute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
dc.contributor.emailb.schulte@uke.de (Bernd Schulte)
dc.creatorManthey, Jakobes_ES
dc.creatorCarr, Sinclaires_ES
dc.creatorAnderson, Peteres_ES
dc.creatorBautista, Nataliaes_ES
dc.creatorBraddick, Fleures_ES
dc.creatorO’Donnell, Amyes_ES
dc.creatorJané-Llopis, Evaes_ES
dc.creatorLópez-Pelayo, Hugoes_ES
dc.creatorMedina, Perlaes_ES
dc.creatorMejía-Trujillo, Julianaes_ES
dc.creatorPérez-Gómez, Augustoes_ES
dc.creatorPiazza, Marinaes_ES
dc.creatorRehm, Jürgenes_ES
dc.creatorSolovei, Adrianaes_ES
dc.creatorNatera Rey, Guillerminaes_ES
dc.creatorVries, Hein dees_ES
dc.creatorSchulte, Berndes_ES
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-25T18:52:52Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-27T15:30:22Z
dc.date.available2024-09-25T18:52:52Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.published2022
dc.descriptionBackground: During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase of heavy alcohol use has been reported in several high-income countries. We examined changes in alcohol use during the pandemic among primary health care (PHC) patients in two middle income countries, Colombia and Mexico. Methods: Data were collected during routine consultations in 34 PHC centres as part of a large-scale implementation study. Providers measured patients' alcohol consumption with the three item 'Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test' (AUDIT-C). Generalized linear mixed models were performed to examine changes in two dependent variables over time (pre-pandemic and during pandemic): 1) the AUDIT-C score and 2) the proportion of heavy drinking patients (8+ on AUDIT-C). Results: Over a period of more than 600 days, data from N = 17 273 patients were collected. During the pandemic, the number of patients with their alcohol consumption measured decreased in Colombia and Mexico. Each month into the pandemic was associated with a 1.5% and 1.9% reduction in the mean AUDIT-C score in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. The proportion of heavy drinking patients declined during the pandemic in Colombia (pre-pandemic: 5.4%, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.8% to 6.0%; during the pandemic: 0.8%, 95% CI = 0.6% to 1.1%) but did not change in Mexico. Conclusions: Average consumption levels declined and the prevalence of heavy drinking patterns did not increase. In addition to reduced opportunities for social drinking during the pandemic, changes in the population seeking PHC and restrictions in alcohol availability and affordability are likely drivers for lower levels of alcohol use by patients in this study.es_ES
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dc.identifierJC19DIEP22es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.7189/jogh.12.05002
dc.identifier.eissn2047-2986
dc.identifier.organizacionInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
dc.identifier.placeEscocia
dc.identifier.urihttp://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.05002
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.inprf.gob.mx/handle/123456789/8053
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherInternational Society of Global Healthes_ES
dc.relation12:05002
dc.relation.jnabreviadoJ GLOB HEALTH
dc.relation.journalJournal of Global Health
dc.rightsAcceso Cerradoes_ES
dc.titleReduced alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexicoes_ES
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