Hangover, Congeners, Sleep and Occupational Performance
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2006-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The objective is to investigate residual effects of heavy drinking, with or without hangover
symptoms. The primary aim is to test several hypotheses about residual effects of heavy
drinking. Hypotheses about how heavy drinking affects next-day performance include direct
physiological effects of alcohol, alcohol withdrawal effects, and non-ethanol effects, such
as congeners, or family history of alcohol problems. The investigators will test the
following hypotheses:
1. relative to placebo, heavy drinking will degrade next-day performance, and this
relationship will be mediated in full or in part by quality of sleep;
2. a high congener alcoholic beverage will affect performance to a greater degree than a
low congener beverage and this relationship will be mediated by severity of hangover
symptoms.
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)