Association of alcohol consumption and frequency with loneliness: A cross-sectional study among Japanese workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

  1. Yusuke Konno
  2. Makoto Okawara
  3. Ayako Hino
  4. Tomohisa Nagata
  5. Keiji Muramatsu
  6. Seiichiro Tateishi
  7. Mayumi Tsuji
  8. Akira Ogami
  9. Reiji Yoshimura
  10. Yoshihisa Fujino

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  1. Version published to 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11933
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    Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.

    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsIRB: This study was conducted with the approval of the Ethics Committee of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (Approval number R2-079).
    Consent: Informed consent was obtained through the questionnaire website.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    No key resources detected.

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).

    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    Limitations of this study: This study had several limitations. First, because this study was conducted using Internet monitors, generalizability of the results is unclear. However, we attempted to minimize subject bias as much as possible by sampling by region, occupation, and prefecture based on the incidence of infection. Second, we used a self-reported assessment of alcohol consumption in this study. Given that research has shown that drinkers tend to underreport their alcohol consumption,28 it is possible that the same occurred in this study. However, we think that underreporting was relatively unlikely because we used an anonymous survey conducted on the Internet. Third, we determined participants’ loneliness using one question based on previous studies.29 Further studies using other assessment methods are needed to confirm our results.30,31

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.

    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.

    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.

    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.

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  3. Version published to 10.1101/2021.11.05.21265962v1 on medRxiv