ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020
The Assessment of Overall Hangover Severity.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- Jingfang Granules for prevention of alcohol-induced hangover: a randomized, double-blind, crossover trial in healthy volunteers.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Trial
- Acute alcohol rewarding effects as a risk factor for hangover frequency.Addictive behaviors · 2022Trial
- The Impacts of Binge Drinking and Hangover on the Social Brain: An Integrative Narrative Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- The Relationship Between Alcohol Hangover Frequency and Hangover Severity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Alcohol Consumption, Hangovers and Smoking Among Young Adults (n = 140) in Germany: An On-Line Study.Human psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Advanced clinical symptoms of the antihangover compound HK-GCM-H01 in healthy Koreans.Translational and clinical pharmacology · 2024Article
- A Compound Containing Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Relieves the Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Hangover Symptoms in Healthy Men: An Open-Labeled Comparative Study.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- N-Acetylcysteine Ineffective in Alleviating Hangover from Binge Drinking: A Clinical Study.Toxics · 2024Article
- Absenteeism, Presenteeism, and the Economic Costs of Alcohol Hangover in The Netherlands.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Predictors of Hangover Frequency and Severity: The Impact of Alcohol Consumption, Mental Resilience, Personality, Lifestyle, Coping and Mood.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Test-retest reliability of single-item assessments of immune fitness, mood, and quality of life.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Differences in Next-Day Adverse Effects and Impact on Mood of an Evening of Heavy Alcohol Consumption between Hangover-Sensitive Drinkers and Hangover-Resistant Drinkers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Alcohol Consumption, Hangovers, and Smoking among Buenos Aires University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Blackouts and hangover experiences among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White college students.Addictive behaviors reports · 2022Article
- Pharmacodynamic determinants of hangover: An intravenous alcohol self-administration study in non-dependent drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Associations between Mental Resilience, Mood, Coping, Personality, and Hangover Severity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Alcohol Consumption on the Heaviest Drinking Occasion and Hangovers during the First Dutch COVID-19 Lockdown.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Production of Bioactive Substances to Alleviates Hangover and Ethanol-Induced Liver Damage through Fermentation ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Relationship between Alcohol Hangover Severity, Sleep and Cognitive Performance; a Naturalistic Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Transition to Online Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact of Changes in Alcohol Consumption and Experiencing Hangovers on Academic Functioning.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to critically evaluate and compare the different methods to assess overall hangover severity. Currently, there are three multi-item hangover scales that are commonly used for this purpose. All of them comprise a number of hangover symptoms for which an average score is calculated. These scales were compared to a single, 1-item scale assessing overall hangover severity. The results showed that the hangover symptom scales significantly underestimate (subjective) hangover severity, as assessed with a 1-item overall hangover severity scale. A possible reason for this could be that overall hangover severity varies, depending on the frequency of occurrence of individual symptoms included in the respective scale. In contrast, it can be assumed that, when completing a 1-item overall hangover scale, the rating includes all possible hangover symptoms and their impact on cognitive and physical functioning and mood, thus better reflecting the actually experienced hangover severity. On the other hand, solely relying on hangover symptom scales may yield false positives in subjects who report not having a hangover. When the average symptom score is greater than zero, this may lead to non-hungover subjects being categorized as having a hangover, as many of the somatic and psychological hangover symptoms may also be experienced without consuming alcohol (e.g., having a headache). Taken together, the current analyses suggest that a 1-item overall hangover score is superior to hangover symptom scales in accurately assessing overall hangover severity. We therefore recommend using a 1-item overall hangover rating as primary endpoint in future hangover studies that aim to assess overall hangover severity.
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