Influence of Behavioral Patterns on Academic Performance- Comparison between Students of the Morning session and Afternoon session at the College of Health Sciences (CHS), Kingdom of Bahrain.
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Three hundred and two Nursing and Allied Health students attending either Morning or Afternoon session at the College of Health Sciences, Kingdom of Bahrain, were compared on their academic performance and behavioral patterns vis-Ã -vis, eating, sleeping, study time, recreation and family interaction. The questionnaire survey revealed significant differences between the two groups on many variables. A relatively greater proportion of the afternoon session students did not take breakfast and lunch. There was a highly significant difference between the wakeup time on weekdays and holidays. Excluding test days, a mean of 15.62 hours per week of outside class study time was estimated. Recreational activities were mainly sedentary in nature. Students spent 3.84 hours (mean) per day for sedentary recreational activities.
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