Table 3 Awareness regarding energy drink’s usage
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. | Do you think energy drink consumption is good for human health? | |||
a. Yes | 97 (60.6%) | 63 (39.4%) | <0.01 | |
b. No | 189 (34.6%) | 357 (65.4%) | ||
c. I don’t know | 64 (40.0%) | 96 (60.0%) | ||
2 | Do you think energy drinks cause palpitations, hypertension and heart problems? | |||
Yes | 188 (36.6%) | 325 (63.4%) | <0.01 | |
No | 87 (59.7%) | 58 (40.3%) | ||
I don’t know | 75 (36.0%) | 133 (63.6%) | ||
3 | Do you think energy drinks cause neuropsychosis? | |||
Yes | 120 (40.8%) | 174 (59.2%) | 0.448 | |
No | 73 (36.7%) | 126 (63.3%) | ||
I don’t know | 157 (42.1%) | 216 (57.0%) | ||
4 | Do you think energy drinks cause weight gain? | |||
Yes | 210 (42.3%) | 287 (57.7%) | ||
No | 74 (40.9%) | 107 (59.1%) | 0.233 | |
I don’t know | 66 (35.1%) | 122 (64.9%) | ||
5 | Do you think energy drinks cause dental caries? | |||
Yes | 239 (43.0%) | 317 (57.0%) | 0.098 | |
No | 55 (34.2%) | 106 (65.8%) | ||
I don’t know | 56 (37.6%) | 93 (62.4%) | ||
6 | Do you think consuming energy drinks consuming is the symbol of fashion or high class status? | |||
Yes | 189 (42.9%) | 252 (57.1%) | 0.147 | |
No | 161 (38.1.0%) | 264 (62.11%) | ||
7 | Had you ever searched about energy drinks? | |||
Yes | 141 (61.0%) | 90 (39.0%) | <0.01 | |
No | 209 (32.9%) | 426 (67.1%) | ||
If yes from where: | ||||
8 | Reading in any journal/book | 54 (61.3%) | 34 (38.6%) | <0.01 |
From a friend or relative | 18 (56.3%) | 14 (43.8%) | ||
Watching on a T.V. | 65 (76.5%) | 20 (23.5%) | ||
From newspaper | 4 (15.4%) | 22 (84.6%) |