ArticleAlcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)2023
Wearable alcohol monitors for alcohol use data collection among college students: Feasibility and acceptability.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
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- What hepatology clinicians and their patients with alcohol-related liver disease think of wearable alcohol biosensors to aid abstinence from alcohol: A qualitative study.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Trial
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- 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
- A wearable alcohol biosensor: Exploring the accuracy of transdermal drinking detection.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- A qualitative exploration of the experiences of transdermal alcohol sensor devices amongst alcohol service practitioners (South London, UK).Addiction research & theory · 2025Article
- Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Acute Myocardial Infarction Care in Tanzania: Protocol for a Pilot Implementation Trial.JMIR research protocols · 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
- Accuracy of transdermal alcohol monitoring devices in a laboratory setting.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2024Article
- Comparing the Acceptability and Quality of Intervention Modalities for Suicidality in the Emergency Department: Randomized Feasibility Trial.JMIR mental health · 2023Article
- Development and validation of a model for measuring alcohol consumption from transdermal alcohol content data among college students.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Article
- Acceptability and validity of using the BACtrack skyn wrist-worn transdermal alcohol concentration sensor to capture alcohol use across 28 days under naturalistic conditions - A pilot study.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Correspondence between alcohol use measured by a wrist-worn alcohol biosensor and self-report via ecological momentary assessment over a 2-week period.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Acceptability and Feasibility of Wearable Transdermal Alcohol Sensors: Systematic Review.JMIR human factors · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveWe assessed the feasibility and acceptability of using BACtrack Skyn wearable alcohol monitors for alcohol research in a college student population.
methodsWe enrolled n = 5 (Sample 1) and n = 84 (Sample 2) Indiana University undergraduate students to wear BACtrack Skyn devices continuously over a 5-day to 7-day study period. We assessed feasibility in both samples by calculating compliance with study procedures, and by analyzing amount and distributions of device output [e.g., transdermal alcohol content (TAC), temperature, motion]. In Sample 1, we assessed feasibility and acceptability with the Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) scale and the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) scale.
resultsAll participants were able to successfully use the alcohol monitors, producing a total of 11,504 h of TAC data. TAC data were produced on 567 days of the 602 total possible days of data collection. The distribution of the TAC data showed between-person variation, as would be expected with between-person differences in drinking patterns. Temperature and motion data were also produced as expected. Sample 1 participants (n = 5) reported high feasibility and acceptability of the wearable alcohol monitors in survey responses with a mean FIM score of 4.3 (of 5.0 possible score) and mean AIM score of 4.3 (of 5.0 possible score).
conclusionsThe high feasibility and acceptability we observed underscore the promise of using BACtrack Skyn wearable alcohol monitors to improve our understanding of alcohol consumption among college students, a population at particularly high risk for alcohol-related harms.
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