Chunk #14 — Methods — History of DSM-5 AUD symptoms and remission ascertained from the SSAGA interviews prior to the COVID-19 pandemic

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COVID-19 pandemic stressors are associated with reported increases in frequency of drunkenness among individuals with a history of alcohol use disorder.

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or coping activity. Change in frequency of drunkenness since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic was determined using a retrospective question asking if/how current alcohol use differed from the participant’s typical frequency of drunkenness prior to March 1, 2020 (“Compared to your [frequency of drunkenness] before the pandemic began in March 2020, was this [the same, less, more]?”). Self-reported changes in drunkenness were coded with possible values ranging from less than pre-pandemic use (-1), no change in use (0), more than pre-pandemic use (1).