Feasibility and reliability of continuously monitoring alcohol use among female adolescents and young adults
Autor: | Erica K. Crockett, Isaac J. Washburn, Julie M. Croff, Micah Hartwell, Ashleigh L. Chiaf |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Alcohol Drinking 030508 substance abuse Medicine (miscellaneous) Poison control Alcohol Article Occupational safety and health Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Injury prevention Humans Medicine Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Prospective cohort study Transdermal business.industry Reproducibility of Results Repeated measures design chemistry Physical therapy Feasibility Studies Blood Alcohol Content Female 0305 other medical science business |
Zdroj: | Drug Alcohol Rev |
ISSN: | 1465-3362 0959-5236 |
Popis: | INTRODUCTION AND AIMS. Transdermal alcohol sensors allow objective, continuous monitoring and have potential to expand current research on adolescent and young adult alcohol use. The purpose of this manuscript is to evaluate the feasibility and reliability of transdermal alcohol sensor use among female adolescents as compared to female young adults. DESIGN AND METHODS. This trial included 59 female adolescents and young adults aged 14–24 years who reported drinking during the previous month. All participants were asked to wear a Giner Wrist Transdermal Alcohol Sensor (WrisTAS)-7 over a 1 month prospective study. Participants came to the research lab weekly to complete a detailed self-report of behaviours, including day of drinking events, amounts and types of alcohol use and length of drinking events. Estimates of blood alcohol concentration (eBAC) were computed from self-report data using the Matthew and Miller, NHTSA and Zhang equations. Daily transdermal alcohol concentration (TAC) peaks and calculated eBAC peak data were analysed with paired-samples t-tests and repeated measures correlations for validity comparisons. RESULTS. All participants (100%, n = 59) completed the trial, however, two participants were removed due to greater than 50% of missing transdermal alcohol sensor data. Of the 57 participants, the data included 1,722 days of continuous alcohol monitoring. Missing data was recorded more frequently among female adolescents at about (11.78%) as compared to female young adults (8.59%; χ(2) = −18.40, P < 0.001). Participant self-report of drinking occurred with greater frequency (374 events) than detected by the WrisTAS transdermal alcohol sensors (243 events). On days when self-report and sensor data indicated a drinking event, participants’ eBAC was moderately correlated with TAC, after accounting for repeated measures. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS. This study finds that transdermal alcohol sensors are moderately reliable when sensor data is paired with self-report. This objective data collection method may improve the ability to collect alcohol curves among adolescents. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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