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Changes in the use of alcohol and tobacco in Slovenia during the first wave of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic Cover

Changes in the use of alcohol and tobacco in Slovenia during the first wave of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic

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|Jan 2022

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Figure 1

Changes in alcohol and tobacco use in the Slovenian sample (dark grey, N=495) and in respondents from other European countries (light grey, N=34,957). Presented are proportions in % with 95% confidence interval.
Changes in alcohol and tobacco use in the Slovenian sample (dark grey, N=495) and in respondents from other European countries (light grey, N=34,957). Presented are proportions in % with 95% confidence interval.

Multinomial regression analysis of changes in overall alcohol consumption in Slovenia_

Decrease vs. No change
Increase vs. No change
RRRp95% CIRRRp95% CI
Gender (ref: men)0.250.003[0.10, 0.62]0.850.743[0.31, 2.31]
Age group (ref.: 18-34 years)
35-54 years0.220.002[0.09, 0.57]1.160.801[0.37, 3.57]
55+years0.600.346[0.20, 1.75]1.340.678[0.33, 5.44]
Change in day-to-day life (ref.: no or to some degree)1.280.575[0.54, 3.07]1.880.262[0.62, 5.68]
Distress due to financial loss (ref.: no or to some degree)1.460.439[0.56, 3.82]4.160.011[1.39, 12.43]

Descriptive statistics of respondents from Slovenia and the remaining European countries_

Mean response
European countries
Nweighted % (95% CI)Nweighted % (95% CI)
Sex
Female36347.2 (39.1, 55.4)24,36850.5 (48.6, 52.3)
Male13052.0 (43.7, 60.1)10,48849.0 (47.2, 50.8)
Other20.9 (0.1, 5.5)1010.5 (0.3, 0.9)

Age group
18-3412523.6 (17.8, 30.4)11,81830.6 (28.9, 32.3)
35-5426742.3 (34.5, 50.5)16,93843.9 (42.1, 45.8)
55+10334.1 (26.0, 43.4)6,20125.5 (24.0, 27.1)

Education
Lower than high school8370.5 (64.9, 75.6)10,58655.0 (53.2, 56.8)
At least high school41229.5 (24.4, 35.1)24,37145.0 (43.2, 46.8)

Size of place of residence
Rural areas18843.7 (35.5, 52.3)6,20912.6 (11.4, 13.9)
Urban areas30756.3 (47.7, 64.5)28,74887.4 (86.1, 88.6)

Personal income
Low18245.2 (37.0, 53.6)7,57352.3 (50.5, 54.1)
Middle25246.4 (38.2, 54.7)11,89834.1 (32.5, 35.8)
High618.5 (5.3, 13.2)15,48613.6 (12.6, 14.6)

Change in income
I do not know83.8 (1.3, 10.7)3271.4 (1.0, 1.8)
Increase6112.5 (8.3, 18.3)2,6978.8 (7.9, 9.9)
No change23043.2 (35.2, 51.6)23,13653.7 (51.9, 55.6)
Decrease19640.5 (32.5, 48.9)8,79736.1 (34.3, 37.9)

Change in day-to-day life
No or only to some degree16443.9 (35.7, 52.4)8,29228.6 (26.8, 30.4)
At least to a substantial degree33156.1 (47.6, 64.3)26,66571.4 (69.6, 73.2)

Distress due to financial loss
No or only to some degree39777.1 (68.9, 83.6)27,43574.4 (72.8, 76.0)
At least to a substantial degree9822.9 (16.4, 31.1)7,52225.6 (24.0, 27.2)

Drinking status (past-year)
Abstainer5415.2 (9.5, 23.6)3,55016.5 (15.1, 18.0)
Drinker44184.8 (76.4, 90.5)31,40783.5 (82.0, 84.9)

AUDIT-C sum score

only among alcohol users, Slovenia: N=441, Europe: N=31,407; high-risk drinker: AUDIT-C sum score ≥8.

Low risk drinker41589.0 (80.9, 93.9)27,81181.8 (80.1, 83.3)
High risk drinker2611.0 (6.1, 19.1)3,59618.2 (16.7, 19.9)

Multinomial regression analysis of changes in tobacco use (outcome) in Slovenia_

Decrease vs. No change
Increase vs. No change
RRRp95% CIRRRp95% CI
Gender (ref: men)2.550.299[0.44, 14.93]1.790.418[0.44; 7.31]
Age group (ref.: 18-34 years)
35-54 years0.170.069[0.03, 1.15]0.190.055[0.04; 1.03]
55+years0.050.004[0.01, 0.39]0.110.019[0.02; 0.70]
Change in day-to-day life (ref.: no or to some degree)0.420.332[0.07, 2.42]0.460.306[0.11; 2.02]
Distress due to financial loss (ref.: no or to some degree)12.180.061[0.57, 3.91]25.330.001[3.55; 180.70]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2022-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 6 - 13
Submitted on: May 19, 2021
Accepted on: Sep 13, 2021
Published on: Jan 3, 2022
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2022 Sandra Radoš Krnel, Carolin Kilian, Marjetka Hovnik Keršmanc, Maja Roškar, Helena Koprivnikar, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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