Alcohol and Other Substance Screening in Bariatric Surgery Candidates: Utility of Self-Report and Toxicology Tests, Including Ethyl-Glucoronide.

ABSTRACT: Following bariatric surgery (BS) patients have an increased risk of alcohol misuse.

Purpose

This 1-year cross-sectional study in potential BS candidates had several objectives: (a) assess the prevalence of risky drinking, alcohol use disorder (AUD), and other substance use/disorder; (b) compare the prevalence of these behaviors to that of the general Spanish population; (c) determine the proportion of patients with positive results in toxicology tests; and (d) study the predictive factors of risky drinking.

Setting

tertiary university hospital.

Materials and methods

Alcohol and other substance use were evaluated with the AUDIT-C and ASSIST questionnaires. Urine tests analyzed several markers (ethyl-glucoronide [EtG] ≥ 500 ng/ml, amphetamine, benzodiazepine, cannabinoid

SUBMITTER: Canizares S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11976782 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature