Egbert A M, Liese B A, Powell B J, Reed J S, Liskow B I
Alcohol Alcohol. 1986;21(3):285-94.
A one-year prospective study was conducted to describe nonbeverage alcohol (NBA) consumption (the use of substitutes for traditional forms of ethanol) among alcoholics. It was found that 11% of inpatient alcoholics at a veterans' hospital and 8.6% of alcoholics at a community hospital had consumed NBA. Substances consumed ranged from toiletries to organic solvents, often in quantities exceeding the theoretical lethal dose. 'Ready availability' was cited as the primary reason for consumption. Social, demographic and psychiatric parameters were then compared between 48 VA alcoholics who used NBA and 48 nonusing alcoholics. No social or demographic differences were found, but NBA drinkers drank more alcohol (P less than 0.0001), had higher global alcoholic severity scores (P less than 0.0001), more severe withdrawal symptoms (P less than 0.0001), and a higher frequency of antisocial personality disorder (P = 0.009) and drug abuse (P = 0.005). When NBA drinkers were subdivided by quantity of NBA consumption and recency of latest ingestion, no social or psychological differences were found between groups, except for more frequent and heavier illicit drug use among 'heavy' NBA consumers (P less than 0.0001).
开展了一项为期一年的前瞻性研究，以描述酗酒者中非饮料酒精（NBA）的消费情况（即使用传统乙醇形式的替代品）。研究发现，一家退伍军人医院中11%的住院酗酒者以及一家社区医院中8.6%的酗酒者曾消费过NBA。所消费的物质从洗漱用品到有机溶剂不等，其数量常常超过理论致死剂量。“容易获取”被认为是消费的主要原因。随后对48名使用NBA的退伍军人管理局（VA）酗酒者和48名不使用NBA的酗酒者的社会、人口统计学和精神病学参数进行了比较。未发现社会或人口统计学差异，但使用NBA的酗酒者饮酒量更多（P<0.0001），整体酒精严重程度评分更高（P<0.0001），戒断症状更严重（P<0.0001），反社会人格障碍（P = 0.009）和药物滥用（P = 0.005）的发生率更高。当根据NBA消费量和最近一次摄入的时间对使用NBA的酗酒者进行细分时，除了“大量”NBA消费者中非法药物使用更频繁且量更大（P<0.0001）外，各群体之间未发现社会或心理差异。
