Peachey J E, Kapur B M
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1986 Dec;10(6):663-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1986.tb05164.x.
The present communication is the first report on the clinical use of the alcohol dipstick to continuously monitor alcoholics' drinking during treatment. Daily urine samples from 34 alcoholics were tested for alcohol by the clinical staff using the alcohol dipstick. The patients also provided self-reports of drinking daily. Patients' compliance for submitting urine samples and for completing daily monitoring sheets (DMS) was 93 and 95%, respectively. Over 75% of the patients drank on at least one occasion; about half of these patients denied drinking detected by the urine tests. Drinking was confirmed by both methods in 39% of the patients who drank, and by the urine testing alone in 54%. The patients in treatment for less than 2 months were abstinent on 85% of the days compared to 98% for those in treatment for 6 months or longer. Seventy-two percent of all alcohol-positive urine samples were submitted by patients on days when they denied drinking. Monitoring of patients' drinking was useful in their clinical management. The alcohol dipstick was a simple, inexpensive, and rapid alcohol measuring procedure that could be used by the clinical staff in the treatment setting.
本报告首次报道了酒精试纸条在治疗期间对酗酒者饮酒情况进行连续监测的临床应用。临床工作人员使用酒精试纸条对34名酗酒者的每日尿液样本进行酒精检测。患者也提供每日饮酒的自我报告。患者提交尿液样本和填写每日监测表（DMS）的依从率分别为93%和95%。超过75%的患者至少有一次饮酒；其中约一半患者否认尿检检测到的饮酒情况。两种方法均证实饮酒的患者占饮酒患者的39%，仅通过尿检证实饮酒的患者占54%。治疗时间少于2个月的患者85%的日子保持戒酒，而治疗6个月或更长时间的患者这一比例为98%。所有酒精阳性尿液样本中有72%是患者在否认饮酒的日子提交的。对患者饮酒情况的监测对其临床管理很有用。酒精试纸条是一种简单、廉价且快速的酒精测量方法，临床工作人员可在治疗环境中使用。
