The Impact of Physical Activity and Dietary Quality on Academic Performance Among Undergraduate Paramedic Students
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bronwyn Beovich | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alali, Abdullah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-18T05:53:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description | This research explored how lifestyle factors specifically physical activity and diet relate to academic success in paramedic students. It began with a scoping review mapping current evidence among healthcare students, revealing a lack of studies focusing on paramedicine. A subsequent cross-sectional study used validated questionnaires to assess students’ activity levels, diet quality, and self-reported GPA. Results showed that most students maintained healthy habits, but these behaviors did not consistently predict academic performance. The study emphasizes that while promoting healthy lifestyles remains valuable, academic outcomes are shaped by multiple, interrelated factors. | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis investigated the relationship between physical activity, dietary quality, and academic performance among undergraduate paramedic students. It comprises a scoping review of existing literature on healthcare students and a cross-sectional study involving 116 Monash University paramedic students. While the review identified generally positive associations between healthy lifestyle behaviours and academic achievement, the cross-sectional study found no significant correlation between physical activity or overall diet quality and GPA, except for a significant association in the third quartile of diet quality. These findings highlight the complexity of academic performance determinants and the need for further research considering additional factors such as mental health, sleep, and stress. | |
| dc.format.extent | 61 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14154/76202 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Saudi Digital Library | |
| dc.subject | Physical activity | |
| dc.subject | dietary quality | |
| dc.subject | academic performance | |
| dc.subject | undergraduate paramedic students | |
| dc.subject | scoping review | |
| dc.subject | cross-sectional study | |
| dc.subject | health behaviours | |
| dc.subject | Australia. | |
| dc.title | The Impact of Physical Activity and Dietary Quality on Academic Performance Among Undergraduate Paramedic Students | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| sdl.degree.department | paramedicine | |
| sdl.degree.discipline | paramedicin | |
| sdl.degree.grantor | Monash University | |
| sdl.degree.name | master | |
| sdl.thesis.source | SACM - Australia |