A Remote Questionnaire-Based Study to Compare Alcohol Use in 1030 Final-Year High School Students in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia Before and During the National Lockdown Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ivona Vrkić Boban; Marijan Saraga

doi:10.12659/MSM.935567

24 February 2022 : Clinical Research

A Remote Questionnaire-Based Study to Compare Alcohol Use in 1030 Final-Year High School Students in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia Before and During the National Lockdown Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ivona Vrkić Boban^1ABCDEF, Marijan Saraga^12ADE*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.935567

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e935567

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Table 1 Characteristics of alcohol consumption among final-year high school students in Split-Dalmatia County (SDC) during the national COVID-19 pandemic lockdown from March 19 to May 10, 2020 (N=1030).

	N	%	χ2	P
Not once	569	55.24	1218.30	<0.001
≤1 a month	196	19.03
2–3 times a month	123	11.94
1–2 times a week	82	7.96
3–6 times a week	38	3.69
Every day	22	2.14
Did not drink	569	55.24	1611.93	<0.001
With friends	354	34.37
With family members	53	5.15
Alone	39	3.79
With girlfriend/boyfriend	10	0.97
More than one group	5	0.48
Did not drink	569	55.24	2276.46	<0.001
Being bored	180	17.48
To feel better	132	12.81
From habit	46	4.47
From emotional reasons (sadness, anger, fear of disease etc.)	32	3.11
Other reasons	30	2.91
Social event	24	2.33
To not to be the only one who isn’t drinking	14	1.36
To be ‘cool’	3	0.29

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A Remote Questionnaire-Based Study to Compare Alcohol Use in 1030 Final-Year High School Students in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia Before and During the National Lockdown Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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