Rates and Correlates of Alcohol and Substance Use Among Women Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderating Role of COVID-Specific Anxiety

被引:2
作者
Buckheit, Katherine A. [1 ,5 ]
Pengelly, Carrie [2 ]
Ramon, Abigail [3 ]
Guyker, Wendy [4 ]
Cook-Cottone, Catherine [4 ]
King Jr, Paul R. [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Syracuse VA Med Ctr, VA Ctr Integrated Healthcare, Syracuse, NY USA
[2] VA Western New York Healthcare Syst, VA Ctr Integrated Healthcare, Buffalo, NY USA
[3] St Louis VA Med Ctr, St Louis, MO USA
[4] Univ Buffalo, Dept Counseling Sch & Educ Psychol, Buffalo, NY USA
[5] Syracuse VA Med Ctr, VA Ctr Integrated Healthcare, 800 Irving Ave 116C, Syracuse, NY 13210 USA
关键词
USE DISORDERS; MENTAL-HEALTH; AUDIT-C; MISUSE; CONSUMPTION; PREVALENCE; GENDER; ABUSE; RISK; CARE;
D O I
10.1016/j.whi.2023.02.001
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Introduction: Mental health symptoms and substance use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and women may be disproportionately affected. Women report substantial mental health consequences, and women veterans may experience additional risks associated with military service. However, rates and correlates of substance use and consequences among women veterans are largely unknown. This study aimed to 1) report rates of substance use and consequences among women veterans; 2) identify correlates of substance use and consequences; and 3) test COVIDspecific anxiety as a moderator.Method: Women veterans (n 1/4 209) enrolled in Veterans Health Administration primary care completed measures of demographics, psychiatric and substance use disorder (SUD) diagnoses, current mental health symptoms, alcohol consumption, drug-related problems, and COVID-specific anxiety. Bivariate correlations evaluated demographics (age, race, employment, relationship status), psychiatric (depression/anxiety/posttraumatic stress disorder) and SUD diagnoses, and current mental health (depression/anxiety) symptoms as correlates of substance use outcomes. For any relationships between correlates and outcomes that were statistically significant, COVID-specific anxiety was tested as a moderator using the PROCESS macro in SPSS version 27. Any statistically significant moderation effects were further investigated using the PROCESS macro to estimate conditional effects. COVID-specific anxiety was mean-centered before analyses. Alpha was set to 0.05 for all statistical tests.Results: Thirty-six percent screened positive for hazardous (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-Consumption [AUDIT-C] = 3) alcohol consumption and 26% reported drug-related problems (18% low-level, 7% moderate-level, and 2% substantial per Drug Abuse Screening Test [DAST-10] scores). Drug-related problems were positively associated with COVID-specific anxiety, psychiatric diagnosis, SUD diagnosis, and depression symptoms. Alcohol consumption was significantly associated with SUD diagnosis. COVID-specific anxiety significantly moderated relationships between SUD diagnosis and both outcomes.Discussion: Results help identify women veterans with SUD diagnoses and high COVID-specific anxiety as at risk for increased substance use during COVID-19 and suggest a potential intervention target (COVID-specific anxiety).Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, George Washington University.
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