A Survey Based Study on Green Tea: Nepal

MARTINIA © 2014, World of Researches Publication ISSN: Ac. J. Psy.0297-0902 Stud. Academic Journal of Psychological Studies www.worldofresearches.com Vol. 3, Issue 1, 80-86, 2014 VOL.6 NO.1 Page: 40-47 http://martinia.com A Survey Based Study on Green Tea: Nepal Tauseef Ahmad*1, Sunil Pandey2 1. Department of Microbiology, Hazara University Mansehra Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamic Republic of Pakistan 2. Department of Medical Microbiology, Nobel College, Kathmandu, Nepal *Corresponding Author: Ahmad, T. Abstract This was the first survey conducted in Nobel Collage, Kathmandu Nepal carried out during 2014. Aim of this survey was to assess the knowledge of the teachers and students of Nobel Collage towards green tea. For the collection of data self-design questionnaire was used. A total of 124 respondent were interviewed having age between 17 to 25 years comprises males to females ratio are 73 and 51 respectively. Majority of the respondents answer that the green tea is used for the reduction of weight, against infection, antioxidant activity and anticancer cancer activity. In conclusion, the respondent have very good knowledge about green tea and widely used. Keywords: Green tea; Nepal; Antioxidant activity; Anticancer activity. INTRODUCTION Worldwide tea is widely used after water. Tea is top of the others beverages used in our daily life like beer, wine, carbonated soft drink etc (1,2,3). Mainly there are three types of tea includes oolong tea, black tea and green tea. The difference is not based on plant originated from it, but depend how the tea is processed. All these three types of tea are prepared from the leaves of plant know as Camellia sinesis. Comparison of green with others tea shows that the green tea have more health benefits rather than others. From very ancient time it used in the medicine to control different health related problem and disease. Due to presence of a variety of amino acids, carbohydrate, enzymes, polyphenols, lipid, sterols, phytochemical, dietary minerals and vitamin the green tea possess the antibacterial, antioxidant, antifungal etc property (4). METHODOLOGY This was the first survey conducted in Nobel Collage, Kathmandu Nepal carried out during the year 2014. This survey aimed to explore and collect the information of teachers and students of Nobel Collage towards green tea. For the collection of data from the local community a selfdesign questionnaire were used containing 17 questions. The questionnaire was in English language which translated to those who don’t know English during the interviewed. The data was collected from the peoples belongs to different profession of life. The age of participant was between 17 to 23 years. January, 2015 40 A Survey Based Study on Green Tea … OUTCOMES OF THE CURRENT STUDY Gender wise distribution In the current survey a total of 124 participants were interviewed from Kathmandu Valley Nepal. Age of the participant was between 17 to 25 years. Out of the respondent males to female’s ratio were 73 and 51 respectively (Table 1 and Figure 1). S. No 1 2 3 Gender Males Females Total Table 1. Gender wise distribution No. 73 51 124 Percentage (%) 58.87 41.13 100 Gender wise distribution 80 70 No. & % 60 50 40 No. 30 Percentage (%) 20 10 0 Males Females Figure 1: Gender wise distribution Marital status The marital status demonstrates that 7 were married while 117 are unmarried (Table 2 and Figure 2). S. No 1 2 3 Table 2: Marital status Marital status No. Married 7 Unmarried 117 Total 124 Percentage (%) 5.65 94.35 100 Ahmad and Sunil Pandey, 2015 Marital status 140 120 No. & % 100 80 No. 60 Percentage (%) 40 20 0 Married Unmarried Figure 2: Marital status of the participants Education level and profession The entire respondent has bachelor level of education. The profession wise distribution shows that 103 was student where the 21 was teaching profession (Table 3 and Figure 3). Table 3: Profession of the respondent Profession No. Teachers 21 Students 103 Total 124 S. No 1 2 3 Percentage (%) 16.94 83.06 100 Profession 120 100 No. & % 80 No. 60 Percentage (%) 40 20 0 Teachers Students Figure 3: Profession of the respondents January, 2015 42 A Survey Based Study on Green Tea … Uses of tea and quality Majority of the participant give their opinion that they like to drink green tea rather milk tea 51 and 75 respectively. Of the total, 84 like not branded quality while 40 like branded (Table 4 and Figure 4). S. No 1 2 3 Tea type Milk tea Green tea Total No. 49 75 124 Table 5: Use of tea type and quality Percentage (%) Quality 39.52 Branded 60.48 Not branded 100 Total No. 40 84 124 Percentage (%) 32.26 67.74 100 Tea type and quaity used 90 80 No. & % 70 60 50 40 No. 30 Percentage (%) 20 10 0 Milk tea Green tea Branded Not branded Figure 4: Tea type and quality used by participants Seasonal uses and health benefits of green tea Season analysis shows that 101 used green tea in winter season while 23 used it any season. 106 give remarks that green tea is beneficial for health while the 18 are not agreed as shown in table 5 and figure 5. S. No 1 2 3 Season Winter Others Total No. 101 23 124 Table 5: Seasonal use of green tea and health benefit Percentage (%) Health benefits No. 81.45 Yes 106 18.55 No 18 100 Total 124 Percentage (%) 85.38 14.52 100 Ahmad and Sunil Pandey, 2015 Seasonal uses and health benefits 120 100 No. & % 80 No. 60 Percentage (%) 40 20 0 Winter Others Yes No Figure 5: Seasonal uses and health benefits of green tea Potential of green tea 63 participants think that the green tea reduces weight where the 61 are not agreed. The green tea is also useful against infection. 90 individuals are agreed and 34 are not agreed. 81 participants think that green tea has antioxidant potential while the 43 give their opinion that it doesn’t have antioxidant potential. The 93 individual think that the green tea also have anticancer activity while 21 give answer No. Out of total respondent the 40 give their opinion that the green tea have side effect while the 84 give answer that the green tea have no side effect (Table 6 and Figure 6). S. No 1 i ii 2 i ii 3 i ii 4 i ii 6 i ii January, 2015 Variables Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Table 6: Potential of green tea No. of participants Reduce weight 63 61 Activity against infection 90 34 Antioxidant activity 82 42 Anticancer activity 97 27 Side effect 40 84 Percentage (%) 50.81 49.19 72.58 27.42 66.13 33.87 78.23 21.77 32.26 67.74 44 A Survey Based Study on Green Tea … Potential of green tea 120 No. & % 100 80 60 No. of participants 40 Percentage (%) 20 0 Figure 6: Potential of green tea Source of information and uses frequency of green tea Majority of the participant get information from the printing source (Table 7 and Figure 7). The drinking analysis of green tea shows that the 25 individuals drink more than 3 time per week, 22 drink 1-3 times per week, 30 drink fortnightly, 35 drink monthly, 21 less than once a month while 6 never drink green tea as shown in table 8 and figure 8. Table 7: Source of information Source No. Printing media 94 Electronic media 30 S. No 1 2 Percentage (%) 75.81 24.19 Source of information 100 90 80 No. & % 70 60 50 No. 40 Percentage (%) 30 20 10 0 Printing media Electronic media Figure 7: Source of information Ahmad and Sunil Pandey, 2015 Table 8: How often do drink green tea Variables No. of respondent More than 3 times per week 23 1-3 times per week 17 fortnightly 31 monthly 25 less than once a month 17 Never 11 S. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 Percentage (%) 18.55 13.71 25 20.16 13.71 8.87 Uses frequency No. & % 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 No. Percentage (%) Figure 8: Uses frequency of green tea Price of green tea The average price paid for a can of green tea in a convenience store were described in table 9 and figure 9. Table 9: Average price you usually pay for a can of green tea in a convenience store (*Nepal currency) * 200 150 100 90 Price 35 41 27 21 No. of respondent 28.23 33.06 21.77 16.94 Percentage (%) Price 250 No. & % 200 150 Price 100 No. Percentage (%) 50 0 1 2 3 4 Figure 9: Price of green tea (*Nepal currency) January, 2015 46 A Survey Based Study on Green Tea … CONCLUSION Form our survey we concluded that the interviewed respondent have very good knowledge about the green tea. They used the green tea for different health purposes. We recommended further study in this regards to explore the potential of the green tea and uses of green tea against reduction weight. Author’s contribution and Acknowledgement TA designed the questionnaire, supervised the study and writes the manuscript. SP conduct the interviewed and collect the data. We are very grateful to those who participated in the current study and especially Nobel College, Kathmandu, Nepal who give the permission of this study. Conflict of interest and source of support The authors have no conflict of interest regarding this study. There is no financial support for this study from Government and Non-Government organization or funding agencies. REFERENCES 1. Ahmad, T., Haroon., A. Jan et al. (2014). “Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of local populations of Union Council Koaz Bahram Dehri Pakistan towards Green tea (Camellia sinesis)”. Pakistan Journal of Biotechnology. 11(2): 1-6. 2. Cheng, T.O. (2004). “Will green tea be even better than black tea to increase coronary flow velocity reserve?” Am. J. Cardiol. 94: 1223. 3. Rietveld, A. and S.Wiseman. (2003). 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