Effect of Caffeine Consumption on Mood and Alertness of Medical Students of Urban Area of Kanchipuram

Background: Caffeine is expended in various structures, for example, tea, espresso, soda pops and caffeinated drinks. It is a typical fixing in prescription to treat or oversee laziness, cerebral pains and headaches. Caffeine improves the state of mind by expanding the sentiment of prosperity. Some espresso contains about 90% of caffeine and it needs 20 minutes to clear from the stomach after utilization. Stimulated drinks are being devoured by medicinal understudies more when contrasted with different understudies to deal with the pressure and outstanding task at hand.

Point: This examination is intended to discover the impact of caffeine utilization on state of mind and sharpness of therapeutic understudies among medicinal understudies.

Technique: A cross sectional enlightening examination was directed at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai. 200 understudies (100 male and 100 female) took an interest from first year to definite year based on helpful examining technique. Information has been gathered from April 2019 to June 2019 through self-tried survey and examined utilizing distinctive factual apparatuses.

Results: Caffeine more often than not as espresso (40.6%), tea (16.75%), Carbonated drinks(11.16%) and not vitality drinks(3.55%) is devoured by the vast majority of the therapeutic understudies. Understudies give numerous reasons, for example, To help vitality (33.5%), To lessen sleepiness or cerebral pain (20.3%), To remain conscious particularly before tests (18.78%) and other reasons(15.22%, for example, for taste, to extinguish thirst or for refreshment, and so on.

End: The principle reasons regarding why medicinal understudies expend a lot of caffeine is to support vitality, diminish tiredness and to remain conscious particularly before test. Despite the fact that it is sheltered, a high admission client ought to limit their utilization.