Consumption Status of Caffeine and Adverse Effects Experience Among Anesthetists

Completed

• Conditions: Caffeine; Caffeine Withdrawal; Caffeine Dependence

• Registration Number: NCT05323578
• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-04-11
• Study First Posted: 2022-04-12
• Study Start: 2022-04-18
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-30
• Study Completion: 2022-07-15
• Status Verified: 2022-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-09-11
• Last Update Posted: 2022-09-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 168

Inclusion Criteria

• Any anesthetist

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Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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).	24 hours	Average daily amount of caffeine consumption in mg
Subgroup comparison between junior and senior anesthetists	24 hours	Average daily amount of caffeine consumption in mg

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ain Shams University Hospitals; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt