• Alcohol Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Self-Reported Changes and Motives for Change 

      Bramness, Jørgen Gustav; Bye, Elin Kristin; Moan, Inger Synnøve; Rossow, Ingeborg (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: In Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a range of restrictive measures, which may have impacted alcohol consumption. <p> <p>Objectives: We explored perceived changes in alcohol consumption, their association with so-ciodemographic characteristics and past year alcohol con-sumption, and self-reported reasons for change after CO-VID-19 restrictions in Norway. <p> <p>Method: A ...
    • Changes in alcohol consumption during the covid-19 pandemic—small change in total consumption, but increase in proportion of heavy drinkers 

      Rossow, Ingeborg; Bye, Elin K.; Moan, Inger Synnøve; Kilian, Carolin; Bramness, Jørgen Gustav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-16)
      Little is known about possible changes in alcohol consumption distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic. We estimated how individual changes in alcohol consumption during the pandemic translated into changes in: (i) mean consumption; (ii) dispersion of consumption distribution; and (iii) prevalence of heavy drinkers. We employed data from two independent web-surveys of Norwegian adults collected ...