Alcohol is readily available in societies which is one of the substances with addictive potential most commonly used by adolescents. Use of alcohol drinking is increasing the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome, one of the most severe complications of COVID-19. This research was a descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to examine the prevalence and factors associated to alcohol consumption behavior during COVID-19 pandemic situation among undergraduate student from the central area of Thailand. The participants were recruited by using purposive random sampling between June to October 2020 and surveyed 281 undergraduate students who were aged 19-22 years old and registered at the university from the central area of Thailand. The data were collected by using the structured interview consisted of 5 parts. The instruments were tested the validity with IOC between 0.8-1.0 and the reliability with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients more than 0.85. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Chi.-Square Test. The result revelated that the prevalence of alcohol consumption behavior was 43.4% in the past 1 month. Factors which remained significantly associated with alcohol consumption behavior among undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic situation were gender, education year, faculty, social support, availability of alcohol advertisement and source (p<0.05). The finding suggests that the university administrators in the central part of Thailand should focus on associated factors to plan and impose a policy or guidance for changing the appropriate behavior of alcohol consumption behavior among undergraduate students during the COVID-19 situation.

Keywords : Alcohol Drinking; Health Beahvior; COVID-19.