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Abstract
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BACKGROUND: There has recently been an increase in the consumption of energy drinks with high caffeine content. The intake of excess high caffeine energy drinks can result in side effects. This study investigated the association between suicidal behavior and socio-economic factors that can affect the intake of high caffeine energy drinks. The findings of this study will help enhance the health of Korean adolescents.
Methods: This study used data from the 2015 Korean Youth's Risk Behavior Web-based Survey and included 60,916 students who had completed the survey. A chi-squared test was used to identify potential links between socio-economic factors and high caffeine energy drinks. We adjusted for various factors and calculated the odds ratios between the frequency of high caffeine energy drink intake and adolescents' suicidal behavior, using multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Results: Individuals with a poor academic record, a low socio-economic status, and depression, and those previously exposed to a violent incident were more likely to consume high caffeine energy drinks. Moreover, the odds ratio of the suicidal behavior group that consumes high caffeine energy drinks consuming these more than three times a day was very high.
Conclusion: The results confirmed that socio-economic factors and health-risk behaviors, including violent incidents, can affect the intake of high caffeine energy drinks. The study also showed that the risk of suicide was higher in the high caffeine energy drink group that consumed more than three times a day. Thus, comprehensive consideration of the socio-economic factors affecting adolescents will enable the development of strategies to prevent excessive intake of high caffeine energy drinks.
Keywords: High Caffeine Energy Drink; Adolescent; Socio-Economic Factor; Suicide
Language: en |