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Survey Paper | Physiotherapy | Volume 15 Issue 4, April 2026 | Pages: 1424 - 1426 | India
The Prevalence of Poor Attention among Higher Secondary Students of Ahmedabad: An Observational Study
Abstract: Background & Need of Study: Many students struggle with maintaining attention due to the growing influence of digital distractions, stress, and other environmental factors so Smartphone addictions had a negative effect on sleep quality, attention, cognitive function, and memory processing. Every student will struggle to pay attention in class at one point or another. The attention span is shrinking, the average attention span has been reduced from 12 seconds in the year 2000 to eight seconds now. Thus, the need arises to do this study. Aim and Objectives: The aim of the study is to find out prevalence of poor Attention among higher secondary students. Method: An observational study with total 110, both male and female of higher secondary students from Ahmedabad city was taken. Participant was screened. Subject with age of 15-17 years was included. Subject with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder was excluded. Consent form was taken from subjects than Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (reliability 0.86) was filled. Analysis of subjects was done. Result: A total of 110 participants in the Age range of 15-17 years were assessed and included. There were 43.63% female and 26.36% male students included in the study. The above table depicts the Mean age of students as 15.84 and the Mean of Mindful Attention Awareness Scale scoring as 3.93. P value is 0.0001, which is less than 0.05, which conclude that it is significant. In Mindful Attention Awareness Scale 4.50% students having almost always poor attention, 11% students having very frequent poor attention, 26% students somewhat frequent attention, 25.45% students somewhat infrequent attention, 26.39% student very infrequent attention issue 11.81% almost never Conclusion: According to findings, the study concludes that there are most students having almost always and very frequent attention issues.
Keywords: Mindful attention awareness scale [MAAS], Higher secondary students, Attention
How to Cite?: Dr. Aditi Rajput, Dr. Kajal Chauhan, "The Prevalence of Poor Attention among Higher Secondary Students of Ahmedabad: An Observational Study", Volume 15 Issue 4, April 2026, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1424-1426, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR26423010004, DOI: https://dx.dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR26423010004