Energy Drink Use and Sleep Quality in University Students

Abstract

Energy drinks are commonly used by young people. Young adult university students typically use the Energy drinks for the caffeine and other ingredients that are advertised to increase attention and thus aid in the process and completion of academic activities. The widespread use extends to ED added to alcohol and with substance to prolong their effects. While the research on the mechanism of ED is imprecise, some marketings of ED include ingredients that are caffeine, Vitamin B, green tea and undisclosed herbals. Demographics and energy drink use variables from a dataset of a larger study of sleep quality in young adult university students is presented. With the documented effects of energy drinks on functioning, the current study was designed to identify energy drink use in a sample of young adult university students. Baseline data of one week of sleep logging rendered and average sleep efficiency score (total time asleep divided by total time in bedtimes 100 where 85% is considered an acceptable level). The mean sleep efficiency value was inversely correlated with energy drink use. A regression analysis of each substance used to predict sleep quality was statistically insignificant.