Evaluation of a saliva alcohol test stick as a therapeutic adjunct in an alcoholism treatment program.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
This study was designed to evaluate the clinical usefulness of a saliva alcohol dipstick by comparing dipstick saliva alcohol concentrations to simultaneous blood and urine alcohol concentrations. The sample consisted of 211 saliva tests and blood alcohol concentrations and 189 urine alcohol concentrations. The dipsticks had a specificity of 0.965, a sensitivity of 0.895, a positive predictive value of 0.850, a negative predictive value of 0.977 and a Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient of 0.609 for blood alcohol concentrations and salivary alcohol concentrations, suggesting that the saliva dipstick is useful as a qualitative test in certain settings but is less useful than previously reported as a semiquantitative test.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Pate, LA; Hamilton, JD; Park, RS; Strobel, RM
Published Date
- September 1993
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 54 / 5
Start / End Page
- 520 - 521
PubMed ID
- 8412140
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0096-882X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.15288/jsa.1993.54.520
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States