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PSYCHOSOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF USAGE OF ENERGY DRINKS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS
ABSTRACTObjective:This study was conducted to determine psychosocial factors leading to energy drinks consumption among medical students.Design:This was observational cross sectional study.Durations and Time:This study was conducted at Services hospital Lahore from July 2017 to December 2017.Materials and Methods:All the students of MBBS or Allied Health Programmes who were enrolled in a medical college were included in our study. The exclusion criteria include all the students who were not registered with the college as medical student of MBBS or any allied health degree. A preformed questionnaire was given to every student.Results:A total of 100 students were recruited for this study. The mean age of the medical students was 22.3+2.2 years with range of 20-25 years. We observed 68(68%) of the students who used energy drinks. Out of these 41 (60.03%) were male and 27(39.07%) were females. 23 (33.82%) students consumed energy drinks for purpose of Energy gaining, 21 (30.88%) for the purpose of reducing sleep 8(11.76%) students consumed energy drinks for purpose of regaining body fluids. All other causes were minimal.Conclusion:We may conclude in our study that the energy drinks consumption is high among medical students.The main purpose of its usage is the regain of energy and to reduce the sleep for study purposes.
PSYCHOSOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF USAGE OF ENERGY DRINKS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS
ABSTRACTObjective:This study was conducted to determine psychosocial factors leading to energy drinks consumption among medical students.Design:This was observational cross sectional study.Durations and Time:This study was conducted at Services hospital Lahore from July 2017 to December 2017.Materials and Methods:All the students of MBBS or Allied Health Programmes who were enrolled in a medical college were included in our study. The exclusion criteria include all the students who were not registered with the college as medical student of MBBS or any allied health degree. A preformed questionnaire was given to every student.Results:A total of 100 students were recruited for this study. The mean age of the medical students was 22.3+2.2 years with range of 20-25 years. We observed 68(68%) of the students who used energy drinks. Out of these 41 (60.03%) were male and 27(39.07%) were females. 23 (33.82%) students consumed energy drinks for purpose of Energy gaining, 21 (30.88%) for the purpose of reducing sleep 8(11.76%) students consumed energy drinks for purpose of regaining body fluids. All other causes were minimal.Conclusion:We may conclude in our study that the energy drinks consumption is high among medical students.The main purpose of its usage is the regain of energy and to reduce the sleep for study purposes.
PSYCHOSOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF USAGE OF ENERGY DRINKS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS
Bari, Sana (author) / Bari, Tayyaba (author) / Zia, Ambreen (author) / Fatima, Arooj (author) / Anjum, Faheem (author)
2018-07-31
ASIAN JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; Vol 6, No 8 (2018): August ; 2321-8819 ; 2348-7186
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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690
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