07 November 2023 : Clinical Research
Navigating the Shifts: Retrospective Analysis of Alcohol Consumption and its Predictors Across Pre-Pandemic, Lockdown, and Post-Pandemic Eras in Poland
Daniel Pankowski
123ACDEF*, Kinga Wytrychiewicz-Pankowska 23AE, Dorota Kiedik 34D, Andrzej Mariusz Fal 3456AEG
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940768
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940768
Table 2 Distribution of the number of specific risk groups for alcohol dependence according to the Polish Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) cut-off points.
| T1 | T2 | T3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Low-risk drinking | 724 | 70.4 | 725 | 70.5 | 734 | 71.3 |
| Risky alcohol consumption | 181 | 17.6 | 182 | 17.7 | 169 | 16.4 |
| Harmful drinking of alcohol | 59 | 5.7 | 42 | 4.1 | 45 | 4.4 |
| Suspicion of Alcohol Addiction | 65 | 6.3 | 80 | 7.8 | 81 | 7.9 |
| T1 – before the pandemic; T2 – during the lockdown; T3 – after the pandemic. | ||||||