Gender based Differences in Attitude and Practice of Sporting Activity among Medical Students. A Study in North-East India
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 12
Abstract
Objective: A study was carried out to determine the level of physical activity in the form of sports in the medical students before and after joining the medical curriculum in a medical college in North-East India. Design: 92 medical students were voluntarily asked to fill a predesigned questionnaire. The data was then analyzed and expressed in percentages and proportions. Results: 92 medical students (MBBS) enrolled in the study were from 5th, 7th and 9th semester. 46 were biys and 46 were girls. Among the boys 89.13% used to play before joining the medical course and 16.8% didn’t play before and after the course. Only 60.8% girls used to play before joining the medical course, but 39.1% girls did not play before and after the course. Conclusion: In our study, we found gender based difference in the sporting activities undertaken by boys and girls. This indicates envoirnmental and cultural factors may be responsible for inability of the girls to indulge in sports. This probably may be the reason that 69.5% boys wanted sports to be compulsory as compared to girls, where 89.13% wanted it to be made compulsory.
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Dr Sharat Agarwal
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