| Abstract [eng] |
A small amount of caffeine in caffeine-containing products helps with stimulating labor activity, but an overdose of caffeine can cause a health hazard, so it is important to pay close attention to the use of caffeine-containing products. The use of psychoactive drugs is very important public health problem, because students attitude to addictive substances can influence their behavior in their family, the labor market and in society in general. Although caffeine is a natural product, but the effect of caffeine can be strong. In recent years, in Lithuania, no research has been conducted that addressed the use of caffeine-containing products in students. The aim of the study was to explore the caffeine-containing product consumption habits of Vilnius University Students. The study was carried out in February – May 2016. By handing out anonymous surveys to 890 students of various faculties of 1-4 courses from Vilnius university. The results of this study have shown, that 50.0% of the questioned students consume coffee. 73.4% students consume tea. 57.5% students consume chocolate. 4.6% students consume energy drinks. 17.2% students consume cola drinks. Coffee consumption depends on the area of science, chocolate consumption depends on gender, area of science and BMI (the general body mass index value, BMI for short), energy drink consumption depends on gender and which study year the respondent is in, tea consumption depends on gender, area of science and which study year the respondent is in, cola drinks consumption depends on gender, area of science and BMI. Students consuming caffeine products receive 235.52 mg of caffeine per day, 0.56% students do not consume any caffeine products, 21.3% students consume caffeine products receiving >400 mg of caffeine per day. |
