Borlu Arda, Oral Belgin, Gunay Osman
Arda Borlu, M.D. Assistant Professor Erciyes University Medicine Faculty, Public Health Department, Kayseri, Turkey.
Belgin Oral, MD HSU Ataturk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Pak J Med Sci. 2019 Mar-Apr;35(2):537-542. doi: 10.12669/pjms.35.2.638.
To determine the awareness, consumption patterns of energy drinks (ED) and health hazards among students at a Turkish University.
This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted by questionnaire method between in 2017 among Erciyes University students. Total 1257 students from the Faculties of Medicine, Communication and Physical Education and Sports College participated in the study. Pearson chi-square test, binary logistic regressions were used for statistical analysis. p <0.05 values were considered significant.
Students who tried at least once and consumed regularly ED were 52.5% and 15.7% respectively. Consuming regularly and trying ED were more common among students who were studying at Physical Education and Sports High school, male, smoking, alcohol consumer, doing regular physical activity. Mean age of students to start drinking ED was 15.1 years. Most common reason for ED consumption was; staying awake. Alcohol mixed energy drinks consumption rate was 37.6% among regular ED consumers. Most declared harmful effect was palpitation.
ED consumption among Erciyes University students was widespread. Students should be informed about EDs' hazards for health. Legal regulations regarding production, marketing and advertising of EDs must be reconsidered.
确定一所土耳其大学学生对能量饮料的认知、消费模式及其健康危害。
本横断面描述性研究于2017年采用问卷调查法在埃尔西耶斯大学学生中进行。来自医学院、传播学院以及体育学院的1257名学生参与了该研究。采用Pearson卡方检验、二元逻辑回归进行统计分析。p<0.05的值被认为具有统计学意义。
至少尝试过一次能量饮料且经常饮用的学生分别占52.5%和15.7%。在体育高中就读、男性、吸烟、饮酒、经常进行体育活动的学生中，经常饮用和尝试能量饮料的情况更为常见。学生开始饮用能量饮料的平均年龄为15.1岁。饮用能量饮料最常见的原因是保持清醒。在经常饮用能量饮料的人群中，酒精混合能量饮料的消费率为37.6%。最常宣称的有害影响是心悸。
埃尔西耶斯大学学生中能量饮料的消费很普遍。应告知学生能量饮料对健康的危害。必须重新考虑关于能量饮料生产、营销和广告的法律法规。
