PERCEIVED EFFECT AND UPTAKE OF CAFFEINATED DRINKS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES STUDENTS, UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY

ABSTRACT

This study assessed the perceived effect of caffeinated drinks among Undergraduate students of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Edo State. The study adopted the survey research design and convenient sampling method was used to select three hundred and sixty students of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Edo State. A well-structured questionnaire was used as instruments of data collection. The analysis was conducted using the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0 for windows. The level of significance was set at p<0.05. The result shows that majority of the respondents the respondents had an overall, negative perceived effect of caffeinated drinks. The study however also identified that there is no significant association between gender and perceived effect of caffeinated drinks. However, there was a significant difference (p<0.05) in the mean perceived effect of caffeinated drinks based on the academic level of the students. The study therefore recommends that government and multinational agencies should make concerted efforts to educate students on the effect of indiscriminate consumption of caffeinated drinks.

Keywords: caffeinated Drinks, ingestion, caffeine, Undergraduate students, perception