Objective

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between alcohol consumption, psychological distress and COVID-19 related circumstances (being in lockdown, working from home, providing home-schooling and being furloughed) over the first eight months of the pandemic in Australia.

Method

A longitudinal study with six survey waves over eight months with a convenience sample of 770 participants. Participants were aged 18 or over, lived in Australia and consumed alcohol at least monthly. Demographic data was obtained in the first wave. Data on alcohol consumption, psychological distress (Kessler 10), and COVID-19 related circumstances (being in lockdown, working from home, providing home-schooling and being furloughed) were obtained in each survey wave.

Results

Results from the fixed-effect bivariate regression analyses show that participants reported greater alcohol consumption when they had high psychological distress compared to when they had low psychological distress. Meanwhile, participants reported greater alcohol consumption when they worked from home compared to when they did not work from home. Participants also reported greater alcohol consumption when they provided home-schooling compared with when they did not provide home-schooling. The fixed-effect panel multivariable regression analyses indicated a longitudinal relationship between higher psychological distress and providing home-schooling on increased alcohol consumption.

Conclusion

Broader drinking trends during the COVID-19 pandemic typically indicate increases and decreases in drinking among different members of the population. This study demonstrates that in Australia, it was those who experienced psychological distress and specific impacts of COVID-19 restrictions that were more likely to increase their drinking.

中文翻译：

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检查饮酒、心理困扰和 COVID-19 相关情况之间的关系：澳大利亚大流行第一年的纵向研究

客观的

本研究的目的是研究在澳大利亚大流行的头八个月中饮酒、心理困扰和 COVID-19 相关情况（处于封锁状态、在家工作、提供家庭教育和休假）之间的关系。

方法

一项纵向研究，在 8 个月内进行了 6 次调查，其中包含 770 名参与者的便利样本。参与者年满 18 岁，居住在澳大利亚并且每月至少饮酒一次。人口统计数据是在第一波中获得的。在每个调查波中都获得了有关饮酒、心理困扰 (Kessler 10) 和 COVID-19 相关情况（处于封锁状态、在家工作、提供在家上学和休假）的数据。

结果

固定效应双变量回归分析的结果表明，与低心理压力时相比，参与者在高心理压力时报告的饮酒量更多。同时，与不在家工作时相比，参与者报告说在家工作时饮酒量更高。参与者还报告说，与不提供家庭教育相比，他们提供家庭教育时饮酒量更大。固定效应面板多变量回归分析表明，较高的心理困扰与提供家庭教育对增加饮酒量之间存在纵向关系。

结论

COVID-19 大流行期间更广泛的饮酒趋势通常表明不同人群饮酒量的增加和减少。这项研究表明，在澳大利亚，那些经历过心理困扰和 COVID-19 限制的特定影响的人更有可能增加饮酒。