ArticleAlcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)2019
Wrist-worn alcohol biosensors: Strengths, limitations, and future directions.
Article in Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05692830 (Towards a Wearable Alcohol Biosensor), which is not on this map. Cited by 56 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Towards a Wearable Alcohol Biosensor: Examining the Accuracy of BAC Estimates From New-Generation Transdermal Technology Using Large-Scale Human Testing and Machine Learning Algorithms
Who cites it
56 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 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
- Alcohol subjective responses in heavy drinkers: Measuring acute effects in the natural environment versus the controlled laboratory setting.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Trial
- Objective Assessment in Clinical Psychological Science: Progress in Wearable Alcohol Biosensors.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2026Review
- Acceptability and feasibility of a new-generation alcohol biosensor: A mixed methods evaluation in a large community sample.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Feasibility of mHealth Strategies to Promote Use of Wrist-Worn Alcohol Biosensors Among Young Adults With HIV: Protocol for the Engage Microrandomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Current approaches using remote monitoring technology in alcohol use disorder (AUD): an integrative review.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Review
- Exploring associations between drinking contexts and alcohol consumption: An analysis of photographs.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Article
- Real-Time Assessment of Alcohol Reward, Stimulation, and Negative Affect in Individuals With and Without Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders.The American journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- A qualitative exploration of the experiences of transdermal alcohol sensor devices amongst alcohol service practitioners (South London, UK).Addiction research & theory · 2025Article
- A new approach to modeling transdermal ethanol kinetics.Physiological reports · 2024Article
- Use of Transdermal Alcohol Sensors in Conjunction With Contingency Management to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in People With Alcohol Dependence Attending Alcohol Treatment Services: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- A qualitative exploration of the experiences of transdermal alcohol sensor devices amongst people in receipt of treatment for alcohol use disorder.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- Transdermal alcohol concentration features predict alcohol-induced blackouts in college students.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Baseline protective behavioral strategy use predicts more moderate transdermal alcohol concentration dynamics and fewer negative consequences of drinking in young adults' natural settings.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- Signal processing and machine learning with transdermal alcohol concentration to predict natural environment alcohol consumption.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Integrating Alcohol Biosensors With Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) for Alcohol Use: a Synthesis of the Latest Literature and Directions for Future Research.Current addiction reports · 2024Article
- Accuracy of transdermal alcohol monitoring devices in a laboratory setting.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2024Article
- Using alcohol biosensors and biomarkers to measure changes in drinking: Associations between transdermal alcohol concentration, phosphatidylethanol, and self-report in a contingency management study of persons with and without HIV.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Wearable alcohol biosensors have emerged as a valuable tool for noninvasive, objective, and continuous monitoring of alcohol consumption. However, to date their research and clinical applications have been limited by several factors including large size, high cost, and social stigma. In contrast, recently developed wrist-worn alcohol biosensors are smaller, less expensive, and may be more acceptable for daily use. However, these devices are at the prototype phase and have just begun to be tested for research applications. In this paper, we describe our experiences with two prototypes of these new wrist-worn alcohol biosensors (i.e., Quantac Tally and BACtrack Skyn) and their associated smartphone applications in both a controlled laboratory setting and the real-world environment. Our preliminary experiences with these devices highlight their advantages including comfort, high participant acceptability, and good compliance. However, there are various limitations that should be addressed prior to future research applications of these biosensors, including large interpersonal variations in transdermal alcohol readings, lack of immediately applicable data analysis/interpretation software, and poor battery life after a few months. More research is also needed to further validate the new biosensors, and investigate individual (e.g., skin thickness, gender differences) and environmental factors (e.g., humidity, temperature) contributing to the variations in transdermal alcohol readings measured by wrist-worn alcohol biosensors.
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