Consumption of Alcohol, Cannabis, and Tobacco in a Cohort of Adolescents before and during COVID-19 Confinement
Por:
Roges, J, Bosque-Prous, M, Colom, J, Folch, C, Baron-Garcia, T, Gonzalez-Casals, H, Fernandez, E and Espelt, A
Publicada:
1 ago 2021
Ahead of Print:
24 jul 2021
Resumen:
The aim of this study was to identify changes in the hazardous consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis, due to the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 in a cohort of schooled adolescents from Central Catalonia. We also analyzed the effect of the individual and social factors on risky consumption during confinement. This longitudinal study involved a subsample of 303 adolescents aged 14-18 years, who were attending 4th year of compulsory secondary education (ESO), 2nd year of college preparation (baccalaureate), or Vocational and Educational Training (VET). We collected data before COVID-19 lockdown (October 2019-February 2020) and 2 months after the lockdown ended. We estimated the prevalence of risky substance use in the sample at baseline for each independent variable. We used Poisson regression models with robust variance to compute the Cumulative Incidence (CI) and Relative Risk (RR), with their respective 95% confidence interval. We found that VET students had a significantly (p < 0.05) higher risk of substance use: binge drinking (RR = 3.21 (95%CI: 1.00-10.34)); hazardous drinking of alcohol (RR = 3.75 (95%CI: 1.12-12.54)), hazardous consumption of cannabis (RR = 3.75 (95%CI: 0.65-21.59)) and daily smoking of tobacco (RR = 4.82 (95%CI: 1.74-13.39)). The results showed a general trend of reduction of consumption during COVID-19 confinement period. This study suggests that VET students were more likely to engage in hazardous drinking of alcohol and daily smoking of tobacco. No statistically significant differences were found for the other age groups and variables.
Filiaciones:
Roges, J:
Univ Vic Univ Cent Catalunya UVic UCC, Fac Hlth Sci Manresa, Dept Publ Hlth, Av Univ 46, Manresa 08242, Spain
Bosque-Prous, M:
Univ Oberta Catalunya, Fac Hlth Sci, Rambla del Poblenou 156, Barcelona 08018, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona UAB, Dept Psicobiol & Metodol Ciencies Salut, C Ca nAltayo S-N, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
Colom, J:
Agencia Salut PUbl Catalunya, Subdireccio Gen Drogodependencies, Barcelona 08005, Spain
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Agencia Salut Publ Catalunya, Ctr Estudis Epidemiol Infecc Transmissio Sexual &, Badalona 08916, Spain
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBE, C Monforte de Lemos 3 Pabellon 11, Madrid 28029, Spain
Baron-Garcia, T:
Univ Vic Univ Cent Catalunya UVic UCC, Fac Hlth Sci Manresa, Dept Publ Hlth, Av Univ 46, Manresa 08242, Spain
Gonzalez-Casals, H:
Univ Vic Univ Cent Catalunya UVic UCC, Fac Hlth Sci Manresa, Dept Publ Hlth, Av Univ 46, Manresa 08242, Spain
Fernandez, E:
Inst Catala Oncol ICO, WHO Collaborating Ctr Tobacco Control, Tobacco Control Unit, Barcelona 08908, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Bellvitge IDIBELL, Epidemiol & Publ Hlth Programme EPIBELL, Tobacco Control Res Grp, Barcelona 08908, Spain
Univ Barcelona, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, Campus Bellvitge, Barcelona 08907, Spain
Consortium Ctr Biomed Res Resp Dis CIBERES, Madrid 20029, Spain
Espelt, A:
Univ Vic Univ Cent Catalunya UVic UCC, Fac Hlth Sci Manresa, Dept Publ Hlth, Av Univ 46, Manresa 08242, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona UAB, Dept Psicobiol & Metodol Ciencies Salut, C Ca nAltayo S-N, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBE, C Monforte de Lemos 3 Pabellon 11, Madrid 28029, Spain
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