The Impact of Physical Activities on the Academic Performance, and Burnout of Female Medical Students in India

Abstract

Background: Lack of physical activities leads to many consequences such as obesity, anxiety, stress, weight gain, depression and burnout. Due to busy schedule of medical students majority of the students overlooked the participation in exercise and physical activities and prefer studies over health. This pattern has brought many issues not only in students but in the societies as well. Aim: Purpose of this paper was to determine the impact of physical activities on academic performance and burnout of medical female students in India. Material and Methods: Survey approach using self-administered closed ended scale was distributed among 250 female students. Non probability convenience sampling technique was used to select the sample size. SPSS and PLS-SEM were used for statistical analysis. It was found that there is significant effect on burnout and academic performance of students due to academic year, physical activities, time played, regularity maintained, no of hours played per week, family restrictions, non-availability of space and laziness. Findings/Results: Measurement model was also found reliable and valid. All factor loadings, AVE and CR values met threshold criteria. It is concluded that taking part in games could reduce burnout, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization and enhance personal achievement and academic performance. Conclusions: From the findings it is revealed that taking part in any game such as football, baseball, hockey, cricket could bring positive outcomes such as good health, fitness, students become active and come up with new ideas, It is concluded that taking part in healthy activities help the students to develop skills, effectively handle stress, depression and anxiety.