A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: alcohol mixed with energy drinks

Johnson, Sean J, Verster, Joris C and Alford, Chris 2022. A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: alcohol mixed with energy drinks. Alcohol and Alcoholism , agab086. 10.1093/alcalc/agab086

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Abstract

Aims To compare alcohol consumption and risk-taking behaviours on alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) and alcohol-only (AO) drinking occasions collected via ecological momentary assessment (EMA) versus retrospective survey methods (adapted-Quick Drinking Screen: a-QDS). Methods Completing participants were 52 university students who reported AMED consumption during the 30-day data collection period. Alcohol consumption and risk-taking behaviours were captured for recreational AMED and AO consumption occasions using a smartphone-based app across 30 days. Data were aggregated for comparison with the a-QDS conducted at the end of data collection. Results Irrespective of data collection method, alcohol was consumed more frequently and at higher quantities on the heaviest drinking occasions when consumed alone compared with when it was mixed with energy drinks. Consistent with this finding, more risk-taking behaviours were experienced on AO occasions compared with AMED occasions. Compared with the a-QDS, the quantity of alcohol consumed on the average and heaviest drinking occasion was significantly higher when reported via EMA. This was consistent across both AO and AMED drinking occasions. Conclusion EMA provides a more valid measure of consumption quantity compared with retrospective recall, which was susceptible to under-reporting, although this was not differentially affected across consumption occasions. In line with previous research, this study demonstrated that mixing alcohol with energy drinks does not increase alcohol consumption or risk-taking behaviours.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Research Institutes & Centres > Centre for Trials Research (CNTRR)
Additional Information:	A correction to this publication is located at: Alcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 57, Issue 2, March 2022, Page 273 https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agac007 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0735-0414
Funders:	Red BullGmbH
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	27 April 2022
Date of Acceptance:	23 December 2021
Last Modified:	16 May 2023 09:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/149393

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