THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ASSOCIATED LOCKDOWN MEASURES HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ADOLESCENT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (PA). THIS STUDY AIMED TO EVALUATE THE LEVEL OF PA OF ADOLESCENTS IN PRIVATE SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY OF LIMA AFTER THE PERIOD OF CONFINEMENT DUE TO COVID-19. A CROSS-SECTIONAL DESCRIPTIVE STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT WITH A SAMPLE OF 380 STUDENTS (202 MEN AND 178 WOMEN) AGED 14 TO 16, USING THE "PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ADOLESCENTS" (PAQ-A) TO MEASURE PA. THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT POST-CONFINEMENT PA LEVELS ARE BELOW THE WHO RECOMMENDATIONS, WITH THE OVERALL AVERAGE OF THE PAQ-A SCORES FALLING WITHIN THE RANGES OF PHYSICAL INACTIVITY. SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC ANALYZES REVEALED SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BY GENDER AND AGE, WITH MALE ADOLESCENTS REPORTING HIGHER LEVELS OF PA THAN FEMALE ADOLESCENTS, AND 14-YEAR-OLDS BEING MORE ACTIVE THAN 16-YEAR-OLDS. FUR...

ACADEMIC STRESS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG NURSING STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY DURING EXAM PERIODS. THIS STUDY AIMS TO ANALYZE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS AND PERCEIVED ACADEMIC STRESS IN NURSING STUDENTS DURING FINAL EXAMS. A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY WAS CONDUCTED WITH 43 STUDENTS. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WAS MEASURED USING ACTIGRAPH WGT3X ACCELEROMETERS, AND ACADEMIC STRESS WAS ASSESSED WITH THE SISCO INVENTORY. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AND NONPARAMETRIC TESTS (MANN-WHITNEY AND KRUSKAL-WALLIS) WERE USED TO ANALYZE THE DATA. RESULTS SHOWED THAT WOMEN REPORTED SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER LEVELS OF ACADEMIC STRESS (P=.0049) AND THAT STUDENTS WITH HIGHER ACADEMIC WORKLOADS PERFORMED LESS MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (P<.05). SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR WAS HIGHER IN THOSE WITH LOWER STRESS LEVELS (P=.0492). THESE FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT ACADEMIC STRESS MAY NEGATIVELY INFLUENCE PHYSI...