Physical Activity and Academic Burnout among Postgraduate Students of Life Science Disciplines

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the level of physical activity and academic burnout among postgraduate students pursuing research in life sciences disciplines. 215 researchers from four universities and three life sciences disciplines were cross-sectional surveyed for this study. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (SV) and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory were used to collect data, along with demographic information. The analysis revealed that 23 participants, or 10.7% of the group, reported having low levels of physical activity. 34.9% (n = 75) of individuals reported engaging in high levels of physical activity, while the majority of participants (54.4%, n = 117) reported engaging in moderate levels. Additionally, 11.6% of participants (n = 25) reported high levels of academic burnout and 75.8% (n=163) of research scholars are experiencing moderate academic burnout symptoms and very near to be suffered from highly academic burnout. Just 12.6% (n=27) of the researchers reported that they had low degrees of academic burnout. These findings highlighting the need for interventions to improve physical activity and reduce academic burnout among research scholars of sciences disciplines in the universities. These findings have important implications related with policy makers dealing with student’s health and well-being in universities