The impact of <scp>COVID</scp>‐19‐related national lockdowns on alcohol‐related traffic collisions, injuries, and fatalities in Lithuania-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The impact of COVID‐19‐related national lockdowns on alcohol‐related traffic collisions, injuries, and fatalities in Lithuania

Published:2024-08-23 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2993-7175
Container-title:Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research
language:en
Short-container-title:Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research

Author:

Lange Shannon¹²³⁴^ORCID,Jiang Huan¹²⁵^ORCID,Miščikienė Laura⁶^ORCID,Tran Alexander¹²,Štelemėkas Mindaugas⁶⁷,Rehm Jürgen¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Institute for Mental Health Policy Research Toronto Ontario Canada

2. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute Toronto Ontario Canada

3. Department of Psychiatry University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada

4. Institute of Medical Science University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada

5. Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada

6. Health Research Institute, Faculty of Public Health Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Lithuania

7. Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Public Health Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Lithuania

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundThe national lockdowns that occurred all over the world in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic have been found to have impacted alcohol use. The aim was to evaluate the impact of COVID‐19‐related national lockdowns on alcohol‐related traffic collisions, injuries, and fatalities in Lithuania.MethodsUsing monthly data from the Lithuanian Road Police Service for January 2004 to December 2022, we performed interrupted time‐series analyses using a generalized additive model to evaluate the impact of COVID‐19‐related national lockdowns on alcohol‐related traffic collisions, injuries, and fatalities. In Lithuania, the COVID‐19‐related lockdowns occurred from March 2020 to June 2020 and from November 2020 to June 2021.ResultsAlthough overall rates for traffic collisions and injuries decreased during the COVID‐19‐related lockdowns in Lithuania, these lockdowns were associated with a 3.21% (95% CI: 1.19%, 5.23%) increase in the relative proportion of alcohol‐related traffic collisions and a 2.46% (95% CI: 0.12%, 4.80%) increase in the relative proportion of alcohol‐related traffic injuries. The association between the lockdowns and alcohol‐related traffic fatalities was not statistically significant.ConclusionThe COVID‐19‐related national lockdowns in Lithuania were associated with a decrease in the overall rate of traffic collisions and injuries, but an increase in the relative proportion of alcohol‐related traffic collisions and injuries.

Funder

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/acer.15429

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