Caffeine consumption among the medical students at the University of Jordan
Other Title(s)
استهلاك المشروبات التي تحتوي الكافيين بين طلاب كلية الطب في الجامعة الأردنية
Joint Authors
Abu Ilbah, Ibrahim
al-Badaynah, Munis Atiyyah
Safi, Muhannad M.
al-Nawayisah, Muhammad B.
Bani Mustafa, Radwan Ali
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 29, Issue 2 (30 Nov. 2018), pp.117-122, 6 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
2018-11-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Public Health
Abstract EN
objective: This study aims to assess the prevalence of caffeine containing beverages consumption (tea, coffee, soft drinks, energy drinks) and the weekly caffeine intake among medical students at the University of Jordan.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, in the faculty of medicine at the University of Jordan from 3rd to 14th December 2017, to assess the prevalence of consumption of beverages containing caffeine among the medical students at all academic levels.
Online groups for each academic year were employed to reach out to the students and provide them with the online questionnaire, which included demographic details, information regarding different types of caffeinated products, and the frequency of their consumption.
Data obtained from the participants were coded automatically on Microsoft Excel.
Then, SPSS was used for data analyses.
Results: A total of 385 medical students participated in this study, 223 (57.9%) were females and 162 (42.1%) were males.
Results showed that the prevalence of consuming at least one type of caffeinated beverages was (98.4 %).
Conclusion: Tea was the most consumed beverage while energy drinks were the least consumed.
Most medical students (79.7%) were considered to be in the ‘minimum low’ range of consumption, which is ≤1909 mg per week.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bani Mustafa, Radwan Ali& al-Badaynah, Munis Atiyyah& Safi, Muhannad M.& al-Nawayisah, Muhammad B.& Abu Ilbah, Ibrahim. 2018. Caffeine consumption among the medical students at the University of Jordan. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.117-122.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bani Mustafa, Radwan Ali…[et al.]. Caffeine consumption among the medical students at the University of Jordan. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 29, no. 2 (Nov. 2018), pp.117-122.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Bani Mustafa, Radwan Ali& al-Badaynah, Munis Atiyyah& Safi, Muhannad M.& al-Nawayisah, Muhammad B.& Abu Ilbah, Ibrahim. Caffeine consumption among the medical students at the University of Jordan. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 2018. Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.117-122.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 121-122
Record ID
BIM-832720