A Cross Sectional Study of the Relationship of Caffeine Consumption, Stress and Theirs Effects on the Academic Performance among Female Students in Taibah University
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 6
Abstract
Objective: To determine the relationship between perceived stress and caffeine consumption. To compare the relationship between caffeine consumption and cumulative GPA among female students at Taibah University from different colleges. Methods and Subjects: A cross-sectional study conducted in Taibah University at Al Madinah Al Monawarah. 300 female students (100 female students from Collage of Medicine, 100 female students from College of Science and 100 female students from College of Computer Science & Engineering. Students who are; non-Saudi, males, aged 18 or less, aged 27 or more, and belonging to different collages at Taibah University other than the three target collages excluded from this study. Results: The average cumulative GPA of the three colleges were the same ranged from 3.75-4.49 out of 5 being very good. There was a positive significant relation between the academic level and the cumulative GPA in the Collage of Medicine with (r=.299, n=100, P-value of .002) also was positive significant relation in College of Science with (r=.214, n=100, P-value of .032). But, there was no significant relation between the academic level and cumulative GPA in the College of Computer Science & Engineering students. The average caffeine consumption was 253.24 mg/day in the College of medicine students, 233.92 mg/day in the college of Science students and 252.33 mg/day in the College of Computer Science & Engineering students. There was no positive correlation between the amount of consumed caffeine and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) along with the relationship of consumed caffeine and the students GPA.
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Esraa Qabl Alsaedi, Mawada Qabl Alsaedi
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