Knowledge and consumption of energy drinks in students of the Professional School of Environmental Engineering of a private university of Lima East

• Autores: Molleapaza Quispe, Juan, Ramírez Quispe, Elias
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Unión
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana Unión
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.upeu.edu.pe:article/1349
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/rc_salud/article/view/1349
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Consumption, knowledge, adverse effects, anxiety, dependency and caffeine.; Consumo, conocimiento, efectos adversos, ansiedad, dependencia y cafeína.

Objective: To determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and consumption of energydrinks in students of the Environmental Engineering school of a private university. Methodology:non-experimental cross-sectional design, quantitative approach. The sample was non-probabilistic forconvenience and was made up of 131 students from the Environmental Engineering School. Thequestionnaire used had a validity for Aiken’s V of 0.712 and a reliability of 0.726 through the KuderRichardson method (KR-20). Results: A relationship was found between the consumption of energydrinks and the knowledge of the students with a p = 0.010 and a correlation coefficient of -0.225.Conclusions: The more knowledge, the lower the consumption of energy drinks.