Consumption Status of Caffeine and Adverse Effects Experience Among Anesthetists

High-caffeine consumption has been increasing in physicians, frequently causing the most common symptoms such as tremor, insomnia, anxiety, and nervousness and rarely leading to serious adverse effects like seizure, acute mania, and stroke due to caffeine overdose. There have been no studies regarding analysis of high-caffeine consumption and its adverse effects among anesthetists.

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Key information

Conditions

Caffeine Caffeine Dependence Caffeine Withdrawal

Age range

24 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Ain Shams University Hospitals

Cairo, Egypt

About this study

This study was to examine high-caffeine consumption patterns, associated factors, and adverse effects based on responses anesthetists with different age of experience.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Any anesthetist

Exclusion criteria

Pregnancy

Treatment and study plan

Survey

Other

Prevalence of safe caffeine consumption among anesthetists

Primary outcomes

The prevalence of caffeine consumption among a sample of anesthesiologists, to determine their caffeine daily intake in relation to the safe level suggested by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Time frame: 24 hours

Average daily amount of caffeine consumption in mg
Subgroup comparison between junior and senior anesthetists

Time frame: 24 hours

Average daily amount of caffeine consumption in mg

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ain Shams University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2022
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Apr 12, 2022
Registry last updated: Sep 14, 2022

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