A STUDY TO ASSESS THE PATTERN OF CONSUMPTION AND AWARENESS REGARDING USE OF CAFFEINE AND ENERGY DRINKS AMONG NURSING STUDENTS IN SELECTED NURSING COLLEGE AT DEHRADUN, UTTARAKHAND

Problem statement: A study to assess the pattern of consumption and awareness regarding use of caffeine and energy drinks among nursing students in selected nursing college at Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Objectives: • To assess the awareness regarding use of caffeine and energy drinks among nursing students. • To determine the frequency of consumption of caffeine and energy drinks among nursing students. • To associate the difference between the pattern for consumption and awareness regarding use of caffeine and energy drinks among nursing students. • To inculcate the knowledge regarding caffeine and energy drinks among nursing students with the help of the pamphlets. Hypotheses: H0: There is no significant association between the knowledge regarding health risk of consuming high level of caffeine and energy drink with their selected demographic variables H1: There is significant association between the knowledge regarding health risk of consuming high level of caffeine and energy drinks with their selected demographic variables Methodeology:The nature of the study was descriptive approach and design selected was non experimental descriptive design. The selection of sample was done by convenient sampling technique. The structured knowledge questionnaire was used as instruments for data collection of data.This study was conducted at a selected Medical College in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.The population for this study consists of medical students from selected College of Dehradun.In this study, the sample size was 100 adults and the age group is between 18 –33 years and above, adults who were willing to participate in the study and are available at the time of data collection. Methods: Involves the description often planned to investigate the phenomenal understudy in a structured [quantitative], unstructured [ qualitative] or combination of two methods. Based on the nature of the problem, the research approach chosen for this study was a quantitative descriptive study. Exclusion criteria: The sample below the age group of 18 years, samples who are willing to participate and who were available at the time of the study. The sampling technique adopted for this study was non-probability convenient sampling. The method of data collection is a virtual medium. The tool Structured questionnaire for the assessment of knowledge and pattern of consumption among medical students at this letter College of Dehradun consists of: Part A- Demographic data: It consists of data participants such as age, gender, previous knowledge and source of information. Part B – Self-structured questionnaire: This