Does Mixing Alcoholic Drinks Make Hangover Worse?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Alcohol-Related Disorders
• Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Mixing alcohol; Dietary Supplement: Single type alcohol

• Registration Number: NCT03506516
• Lead Sponsor: Zealand University Hospital

Brief Summary

Does mixing alcohol make hangover worse?

Detailed Description

Hangover is the most commonly occurring morbidity associated with heavy drinking.

Our aim was to test the hypothesis that mixing alcoholic drinks as compared to drinking one type of alcohol only (beer, wine or spirits) associate with a higher alcohol intake and worse hangover.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-05-20
• Primary Completion: 2016-05-30
• Study Completion: 2018-01-31
• Study First Submitted: 2018-02-12
• Status Verified: 2018-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-04-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-04-23
• Study First Posted: 2018-04-24
• Last Update Posted: 2018-04-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

• written and oral consent
• minimum 18 years old
• participating in Danish Health Research Retreat in Turkey 2016
• will consume alcoholic beverages

Exclusion Criteria

• underage
• will not consume alcoholic beverages

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
mixed type	Mixing alcohol	Drinking and mixing different types of alcohols freely
single type	Single type alcohol	Restricted to drinking only one type of alcohol

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acute Hangover Severity Scale (AHSS)	Baseline	AHSS is a 12-item alcohol hangover measurement tool recommended for application in hangover research with a predictive validity of 92.4 %, significantly higher than that of other hangover scales (Penning et al., 2012). Alcohol hangover was measured thrice the day after drinking; in the morning immediately after waking up, at midday, and in the afternoon. The individual participant assessed his or her own hangover the day after.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acute Hangover Severity Scale (AHSS) 2	after 4 hours	AHSS is a 12-item alcohol hangover measurement tool recommended for application in hangover research with a predictive validity of 92.4 %, significantly higher than that of other hangover scales (Penning et al., 2012). Alcohol hangover was measured thrice the day after drinking; in the morning immediately after waking up, at midday, and in the afternoon. The individual participant assessed his or her own hangover the day after.
Number of drinks	Baseline	Total number of drinks defined as 12 g of alcohol consumed during evening
Acute Hangover Severity Scale (AHSS) 3	after 8 hours	AHSS is a 12-item alcohol hangover measurement tool recommended for application in hangover research with a predictive validity of 92.4 %, significantly higher than that of other hangover scales (Penning et al., 2012). Alcohol hangover was measured thrice the day after drinking; in the morning immediately after waking up, at midday, and in the afternoon. The individual participant assessed his or her own hangover the day after.