Does Mixing Alcoholic Drinks Make Hangover Worse?

Zealand University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol-Related Disorders

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Single type alcohol; Dietary Supplement: Mixing alcohol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03506516

VEK16028829

Details and patient eligibility

About

Does mixing alcohol make hangover worse?

Full 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.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

single type

Experimental group

Description:

Restricted to drinking only one type of alcohol

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Single type alcohol

mixed type

Active Comparator group

Description:

Drinking and mixing different types of alcohols freely

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Mixing alcohol