Choi Jihea
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Child Health Nurs Res. 2019 Jan;25(1):48-55. doi: 10.4094/chnr.2019.25.1.48. Epub 2019 Jan 29.
This study aimed to investigate the status of caffeine-containing energy drink consumption among Korean nursing students and to identify associated psychological factors.
In total, 187 Korean nursing students participated in this cross-sectional study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to identify participants' general characteristics and psychosocial factors (self-esteem, academic stress, depression, and college adjustment) associated with energy drink consumption. Data were analyzed with SPSS using descriptive statistics, the test, the t-test, and logistic regression.
More than two-thirds (73.3%) of the participants had consumed energy drinks. Among the investigated psychological factors, depression appeared to most strongly influence energy drink consumption behaviors in this population.
The consumption of caffeine-containing energy drinks was found to be common among nursing students preparing to become health care professionals; depressed nursing students were more likely to have consumed energy drinks than non-depressed students. Nursing educators should emphasize the early detection of unhealthy beverage consumption habits and provide appropriate education to enhance healthy behaviors in future health care professionals.
本研究旨在调查韩国护理专业学生饮用含咖啡因能量饮料的现状,并确定相关的心理因素。
共有187名韩国护理专业学生参与了这项横断面研究。采用自填式问卷来确定参与者的一般特征以及与能量饮料消费相关的心理社会因素(自尊、学业压力、抑郁和大学适应情况)。使用SPSS对数据进行描述性统计分析、卡方检验、t检验和逻辑回归分析。
超过三分之二(73.3%)的参与者饮用过能量饮料。在所调查的心理因素中,抑郁似乎对该人群的能量饮料消费行为影响最为强烈。
研究发现,准备成为医护专业人员的护理专业学生中,饮用含咖啡因能量饮料的情况很普遍;与未抑郁的学生相比,抑郁的护理专业学生饮用能量饮料的可能性更大。护理教育工作者应强调早期发现不健康的饮料消费习惯,并提供适当的教育,以促进未来医护专业人员的健康行为。