A Study of the Ways of Spending Leisure Time and Its Related Variables in the Students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2015, Iran
Background and Objectives: Leisure time is an opportunity allowing a person to fill his/her time with mental or entertaining activity according to his/her interest and incentive, when he/she is relatively free. The current study aimed to assess and prioritize the activities of the students of Qom Un...
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| author | Parisa Sarraf Narges Mohammadsalehi fatemeh kheyrollahi zahra rahimi Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi |
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| description | Background and Objectives: Leisure time is an opportunity allowing a person to fill his/her time with mental or entertaining activity according to his/her interest and incentive, when he/she is relatively free. The current study aimed to assess and prioritize the activities of the students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in their leisure time.
Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 405 students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2015. A total of 325 students were selected using random stratified sampling method. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire, which its reliability and validity had been confirmed. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test.
Results: Ninety percent of the students had leisure time during the day, which was more than 1 hour in 78% of them. The most important priorities of the students for spending their leisure time was recreation and having fun in 261 subjects (70.5%), rest in 239 (64.6%), using social networks in 239 (64.6%), reading non-school related materials in 229 (61.9%), reading school related materials in 220 (59.5%), sport in 201 (54.3%), and using game software in 193 (52.2%), among which, reading school related materials was significantly different between males and females (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, most of the students of Qom University of Medical Sciences do not make effective use of cell phone, social networks, and computer games. Also, sport and studying activities have not considerable place in their leisure activities, which necessitates providing accurate planning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dace084bda2443f5b9d492c798980ddd2022-12-21T18:29:07ZfasQom University of Medical SciencesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum1735-77992008-13752017-02-0110118594A Study of the Ways of Spending Leisure Time and Its Related Variables in the Students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2015, IranParisa Sarraf0Narges Mohammadsalehi1fatemeh kheyrollahi2zahra rahimi3Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi4 Qom University of Medical Sciences Qom University of Medical Sciences Qom University of Medical Sciences Qom University of Medical Sciences Qom University of Medical Sciences Background and Objectives: Leisure time is an opportunity allowing a person to fill his/her time with mental or entertaining activity according to his/her interest and incentive, when he/she is relatively free. The current study aimed to assess and prioritize the activities of the students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in their leisure time. Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 405 students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2015. A total of 325 students were selected using random stratified sampling method. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire, which its reliability and validity had been confirmed. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test. Results: Ninety percent of the students had leisure time during the day, which was more than 1 hour in 78% of them. The most important priorities of the students for spending their leisure time was recreation and having fun in 261 subjects (70.5%), rest in 239 (64.6%), using social networks in 239 (64.6%), reading non-school related materials in 229 (61.9%), reading school related materials in 220 (59.5%), sport in 201 (54.3%), and using game software in 193 (52.2%), among which, reading school related materials was significantly different between males and females (p<0.05). Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, most of the students of Qom University of Medical Sciences do not make effective use of cell phone, social networks, and computer games. Also, sport and studying activities have not considerable place in their leisure activities, which necessitates providing accurate planning.http://journal.muq.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-264-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1sports adolescents leisure activities exercise social suppor |
| spellingShingle | Parisa Sarraf Narges Mohammadsalehi fatemeh kheyrollahi zahra rahimi Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi A Study of the Ways of Spending Leisure Time and Its Related Variables in the Students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2015, Iran Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum sports adolescents leisure activities exercise social suppor |
| title | A Study of the Ways of Spending Leisure Time and Its Related Variables in the Students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2015, Iran |
| title_full | A Study of the Ways of Spending Leisure Time and Its Related Variables in the Students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2015, Iran |
| title_fullStr | A Study of the Ways of Spending Leisure Time and Its Related Variables in the Students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2015, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study of the Ways of Spending Leisure Time and Its Related Variables in the Students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2015, Iran |
| title_short | A Study of the Ways of Spending Leisure Time and Its Related Variables in the Students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2015, Iran |
| title_sort | study of the ways of spending leisure time and its related variables in the students of qom university of medical sciences in 2015 iran |
| topic | sports adolescents leisure activities exercise social suppor |
| url | http://journal.muq.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-264-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
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