Table 2 Awareness regarding usage of energy drinks
From: Assessment of pattern for consumption and awareness regarding energy drinks among medical students
Serial number | Variables | Energy drinks user N = 350 | Energy drinks non-users N = 516 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Select energy drinks from the following? | |||
Tea/coffee | 155 (40.8%) | 225 (59.2%) | ||
red bull/lucozade/blue jeans | 78 (42.9%) | 104 (57.1%) | 0.015 | |
string | 21 (42.0%) | 29 (58.0%) | ||
burn/rox | 2 (33.3%) | 4 (66.7%) | ||
lucozade/blue jeans | 1 (4.2%) | 23 (95.8%) | ||
Pepsi/coke | 41 (36.9%) | 70 (63.1%) | ||
All of these | 52 (46.0%) | 61 (54.0%) | ||
2. | Are you using any other substance of addiction? | |||
Tea | 106 (42.1%) | 146 (57.9%) | ||
Coffee | 47 (57.3%) | 35 (42.7%) | <0.01 | |
Cola drinks | 31 (50.0%) | 31 (50.0%) | ||
Naswar | 9 (64.3%) | 5 (35.7%) | ||
Cigarette | 15 (60.0%) | 10 (40.0%) | ||
Heroin/charas | 12 (54.5%) | 10 (45.5%) | ||
Alcohol | 2 (8.7%) | 21 (91.3%) | ||
I don’t use any | 128 (33.2%) | 258 (66.8%) | ||
3. | *What is the most common adverse/withdrawal effect of energy drinks? (Multiple choice) | |||
a. Fatigue | 125 (47.0%) | 141 (53.0%) | ||
b. Dehydration | 30 (34.5%) | 57 (65.5%) | ||
c. Increase heart rate | 48 (26.5%) | 133 (73.5%) | 0.05 | |
d. Increase blood pressure | 51 (39.8%) | 77 (60.2%) | ||
e. Tremors | 11 (15.5%) | 60 (84.5%) | ||
f. Muscle stiffness and aches | 23 (43.4%) | 30 (56.6%) | ||
g. Vomiting ,nausea and abdominal pain | 36 (29.0%) | 88 (71.0%) | ||
h. Insomnia | 57 (37.3%) | 96 (62.7%) | ||
i. Inability to focus | 91 (47.2%) | 102 (52.8%) | ||
j. Headache | 46 (39.7%) | 70 (60.3%) | ||
k. No adverse or with drawl effect it is just rumors | 71 (54.6%) | 59 (45.4%) | ||
l. I don’t know | 99 (39.9%) | 149 (60.1%) | ||
4. | *Why people use energy drinks? (multiple choice) | |||
a. Promote wakefulness | 193 (43.9%) | 247 (56.1%) | ||
b. Need more energy | 104 (31.0%) | 231 (69.0%) | ||
c. Studying/completing major project | 184 (45.0%) | 225 (55.0%) | 0.05 | |
d. Driving for long time | 37 (45.1%) | 45 (54.9%) | ||
e. While partying | 100 (50.5%) | 98 (49.5%) | ||
f. Weight loss | 11 (34.4%) | 21 (65.6%) | ||
g. Athletic performance | 34 (29.3%) | 82 (70.7%) | ||
h. Refreshment/taste | 179 (44.9%) | 220 (55.1%) | ||
i. Attract from advertisement | 43 (35.0%) | 80 (65.0%) | ||
j. Relief stress | 111 (42.7%) | 149 (57.3%) | ||
5. | *Manufacturer claims that energy drinks do many things, for how many thing you agree? (multiple choice) | |||
a. Physical endurance reaction | 67 (34.4%) | 128 (65.6%) | 0.05 | |
b. Concentration and memory recall | 142 (50.0%) | 142 (50.0%) | ||
c. Decrease sleep | 194 (43.8%) | 249 (56.2%) | ||
d. Increase the ability of decision making | 48 (36.4%) | 84 (63.6%) | ||
e. give you extra amount of energy | 162 (45.0%) | 198 (55.0%) | ||
f. helps in athletic and academic performance | 72 (44.2%) | 91 (55.8%) | ||
g. don’t agree with any one of them | 39 (24.1%) | 123 (75.9%) | ||
h. I don’t know | 54 (35.5%) | 98 (64.5%) |