INVESTIGATION OF ENERGY DRINKS CONSUMPTION AND HABITS IN NURSING STUDENTS

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 33 - 39, 30.12.2020

Mümin Polat , Serkan Köksoy , Canan Demir Barutcu

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted in order to
examine consumption and addiction of alcohol of university students.

Methodology: This descriptive study was
conducted with 378 students who accepted to participate in this study in a
university between April and July 2017. Data were collected through
face-to-face interviews.  In the analysis
of the data, correlation, chi-square and student t-test were used.

Results: The average age of the students has
been found as 20.90±2.14. The first experience of alcohol has been found at the
age of 16.16±3.44. The most important reasons at the first experience have been
found as curiosity (56.16 %), circle of friends (17.24 %) and alcoholic places
(10.84 %). The prevalence of the alcohol consumption has been found as 34.46%.
The difference between alcohol consumption and gender have been found
meaningful statistically (p<0.05). It has been found that the alcoholic
beverage drunken first time by 26.55% of the attendants is the beer. Alcohol
consumption will continue to be a problem in the future as in today. The
curiosity of this material should be eliminated, which started to be used particularly
in the puberty period and increased in usage as entered into the different
environments.

Conclusion: We are considering that the
curiosity developing in this period will decrease providing that the scientific
knowledge should be reached. With the conferences and seminars to be given to
the students and raising awareness, we believe that the problem can be avoided
in the long run. By raising awareness through the conferences and the seminars
to be given to the students, we believe that the problem can be avoided in the
long term.

 

Keywords

Alcohol, Addiction, Student, , University

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