Trial reportAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2015
Using Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring to Detect Low-Level Drinking.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- Validating transdermal alcohol biosensors: a meta-analysis of associations between blood/breath-based measures and transdermal alcohol sensor output.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Accuracy of Wearable Transdermal Alcohol Sensors: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Use of Wearable Transdermal Alcohol Sensors for Monitoring Alcohol Consumption After Detoxification With Contingency Management: Pilot Randomized Feasibility Trial.JMIR human factors · 2025Trial
- Reduced alcohol use increases drink-refusal self-efficacy: Evidence from a contingency management study for DWI arrestees.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Trial
- Differences in the Synthesis and Elimination of Phosphatidylethanol 16:0/18:1 and 16:0/18:2 After Acute Doses of Alcohol.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- Objective Assessment in Clinical Psychological Science: Progress in Wearable Alcohol Biosensors.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2026Review
- One month follow-up outcomes of a transdermal alcohol concentration-based contingency management intervention to reduce heavy drinking among driving while intoxicated arrestees.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- A qualitative exploration of the experiences of transdermal alcohol sensor devices amongst alcohol service practitioners (South London, UK).Addiction research & theory · 2025Article
- Signal processing and machine learning with transdermal alcohol concentration to predict natural environment alcohol consumption.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Accuracy of transdermal alcohol monitoring devices in a laboratory setting.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of contingency management using transdermal alcohol monitoring to reduce heavy drinking among driving while intoxicated (DWI) arrestees: A randomized controlled trial.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Use of the BACtrack Skyn alcohol biosensor: Practical applications for data collection and analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Article
- Sensitivity, specificity, and tolerability of the BACTrack Skyn compared to other alcohol monitoring approaches among young adults in a field-based setting.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with transdermal alcohol concentration from the SCRAM biosensor among persons living with and without HIV.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Wrist-worn alcohol biosensors: Applications and usability in behavioral research.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- Ecological Momentary Assessment of Alcohol Consumption and Its Concordance with Transdermal Alcohol Detection and Timeline Follow-Back Self-report Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- A Discreet Wearable IoT Sensor for Continuous Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring - Challenges and Opportunities.IEEE sensors journal · 2021Article
- Examining protocol compliance and self-report congruence between daily diaries and event-contingent ecological momentary assessments of college student drinking.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- CRIMINAL DETERRENCE: EVIDENCE FROM AN INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF 24/7 SOBRIETY.Journal of policy analysis and management : [the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management] · 2020Article
- Monitoring alcohol use in heavy drinking soup kitchen attendees.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral studies demonstrate the utility of Alcohol Monitoring Systems' (AMS) transdermal alcohol concentration (TAC) monitor to objectively quantify drinking. AMS standard criteria (i.e., TAC >0.02 g/dl) used for drinking detection are deliberately conservative, but consequently only detect drinking equivalent to 5 or more standard drinks. Our study sought to characterize the sensitivity of TAC measurement to detect low-level drinking defined as the consumption of 1 to 3 beers.
methodsData were pooled from 3 studies giving controlled doses of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Corona© beers (12 oz = 0.92 standard units) to 32 male and 29 female research volunteers wearing TAC monitors under controlled conditions. Analyses describe the sensitivity to detect drinking at various peak TAC thresholds beginning with any positive reading >0 g/dl, and then using TAC thresholds of 0.02 and 0.03 g/dl.
resultsNearly 40% of participants drinking 1 beer did not have a positive TAC reading. However, positive TAC readings were observed in more than 95 and in 100% of participants drinking 2 and 3 or more beers, respectively. The probability of peak TAC detection was a positive function of the number of beers consumed and a negative function of the minimum TAC threshold for detection. Drinking was somewhat more likely to be detected in females than males drinking 2 to 5 beers, but not after 1 beer. Use of AMS standard criteria only reliably detected the consumption of 5 beers, and 45.9% of all occasions of drinking 1 to 3 beers were undetected using 0.02 g/dl as a threshold.
conclusionsPeak TAC levels between 0 and 0.02 g/dl must be considered to detect the low-level drinking of 1 to 3 standard drinks, and such thresholds are necessary when researchers and clinicians want to detect low-level drinking.
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