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“I have no clue what I drunk last night.” Using smartphone technology to compare in-vivo and retrospective self-reports of alcohol consumption

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Monk, Rebecca Louise, Heim, Derek, Qureshi, Adam, Price, Alan·2015·PLoS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0126209PMC PMC4437777
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AIM: This research compared real-time measurements of alcohol consumption with retrospective accounts of alcohol consumption to examine possible discrepancies between, and contextual influences on, the different accounts. METHOD: Building on previous investigations, a specifically designed Smartphone technology was utilized to measure alcohol consumption and contextual influences in de facto real-time. Real-time data (a total of 10,560 data points relating to type and number of drinks and current social / environmental context) were compared with daily and weekly retrospective accounts of alcohol consumption. RESULTS: Participants reported consuming more alcoholic drinks during real-time assessment than retrospectively. For daily accounts a higher number of drinks consumed in real-time was related to a higher discrepancy between real-time and retrospective accounts. This effect was found across all drink types but was not shaped by social and environmental contexts. Higher in-vivo alcohol consumption appeared to be related to a higher discrepancy in retrospectively reported weekly consumption for alcohol beverage types other than wine. When including contextual factors into the statistical models, being with two or more friends (as opposed to being alone) decreased the discrepancy between real-time and retrospective reports, whilst being in the pub (relative to being at home) was associated with greater discrepancies. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, retrospective accounts may underestimate the amount of actual, real-time alcohol consumed. Increased consumption may also exacerbate differences between real-time and retrospective accounts. Nonetheless, this is not a global effect as environmental and social contexts interact with the type of alcohol consumed and the time frame given for reporting (weekly vs. daily retrospective). A degree of caution therefore appears warranted with regards to the use of retrospective self-report methods of recording alcohol consumption. Whilst real-time sampling is unlikely to be completely error free, it may be better able to account for social and environmental influences on self-reported consumption.

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Authors
Monk, R. L., Heim, D., Qureshi, A., & Price, A.
Affiliations
Edge Hill University (GB)
Corresponding author
Monk, Rebecca Louise
ORCID
Venue
PLoS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2015-05-19
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
e0126209
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0126209
PMC
PMC4437777
OpenAlex
W256628393
Cited by
103
References
51
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 3
FWCI
9.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Edge Hill University Research Information Repository (Edge Hill University) (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • Edge Hill University (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Alcohol Research UK
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
alcohol consumption, retrospective self-report, in vivo measurement, measurement discrepancy, drinking contexts, social environment, wine consumption
MeSH terms
Smartphone, Alcohol Drinking, Humans, Retrospective Studies, Self-Assessment

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