[Ways of spending free time by students of the Medical University of Gdansk in relation to their health behavior].
Problems connected with the issue of free time are the field of interest for social, and medical scientists and economists. Medical students are perceived by others as well as by themselves as the group with free time deficiency. An inquiry was conducted on subject of some aspects of free time and healthy lifestyle in practice of VIth year students of Faculty of Medicine and 1st year students of Medical Analysis at the Medical University of Gdansk. One of the questions in the inquiry was direct question about the ways of spending free time. There were differences in forms of spending free time between students of Faculty of Medicine and students of Medical Analysis. Among the first group examined the most, about 46%, points to recreational sport as the form of spending free time; quite a lot people read books, and about 40% of them sleep. Medical Analysis students asked the same question answer that they study during their free time--almost 41%, they also go for walks and listen to the radio. On the grounds of the answer about practicing recreational sport we can assume that for the greatest part of the students such activities have become an obligatory part of their lifestyle and not everybody classifies them among free time activities. Students of both inquired groups fill their free time with number of activities, among which we can find those involving rest, health or entertainment.
Zakładu Zdrowia Publicznego i Medycyny Społecznej, Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.
Ewa
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Wojdak-Haasa
Marzena
M
Zarzeczna-Baran
Jolanta
J
Pegiel-Kamrat
D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities / Q000523:psychology; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D012016:Reference Values; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D040443:Students, Public Health / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires