A Cross-Sectional Study on Leisure Time Management and Physical Activity Index among Female Adolescent Medical Students in Delhi

Abstract

Adolescence is the most promising and also most vulnerable span of life. Being the most energetic and enthusiastic, they spend their time in academic activities, sports, household chores and in various other activities. Free time to do something apart from scheduled academic work, business or household activities is conceptualized as leisure time [1].Leisure time management is important as they cannot compromise with their scheduled academic activities. Leisure time activities differ across countries, age groups, sex and ethnic groups as per different studies but done mostly in Western countries [2–5]. Furthermore, those adolescents who are in professional courses might have less leisure time. Moreover, females might be more vulnerable because they are prone to less outdoor activities and outdoor sports in comparison to males. Thus it is very important to address these issues, particularly leisure time activity and time management, because it serves as a basis for evidence generation in decision-making and policy formulation. An attempt was made to carry out a cross-sectional study in the adolescent female students pursuing a professional course in a medical college of New Delhi

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