Identification of unhealthy alcohol use by self-report and phosphatidylethanol (PEth) blood concentrations in an acute psychiatric department

Autor: Trine Finanger, Arne Einar Vaaler, Olav Spigset, Trond Oskar Aamo, Trine Naalsund Andreassen, Rolf Wilhelm Gråwe, Ragnhild Bergene Skråstad
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-03934-y
Popis: Abstract Background The use of standard screening methods could improve the detection rate of unhealthy alcohol use in patients admitted to psychiatric acute and emergency departments. The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability of the alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol (PEth) to identify patients with high levels of alcohol consumption prior to admission. Methods The data were prospectively collected at admittance to an acute psychiatric department in the period January 2016 to June 2017. A blood sample for the analysis of PEth was available from 177 patients. We compared the PEth concentrations with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores during the hospital stay, and psychiatric diagnoses at discharge. Results A total of 45.8% of the patients had a PEth concentration ≥ 0.03 μmol/L, indicating significant alcohol consumption. AUDIT scores consistent with unhealthy alcohol use were present in 51.7%. There was a significant positive correlation between PEth concentrations and AUDIT scores (r = 0.631, p
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