The Association Between Mental Fatigue and Physical Activity Level Among Students

Abstract

Objective: to determine the Association between physical activity level to mental fatigue in college students. Method: total of 40 students participated in this study, a self-reporting questionnaire was given to all respondents. The study was observational study to find out the relationship between physical activity and mental fatigue in students. Result: Spearman nonparametric test was conducted to analyze the correlation between physical activity and mental fatigue. Result analysis showed (r = 0.600; p = 0.001) a strong association between physical activity and mental fatigue. Conclusion: there is association between level of physical activity and mental fatigue. The result will help students to prevent and cope with mental fatigue with moderate physical activity in the future. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.