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Abstract

Introduction: Extracurricular activities are those occupations not belonging to the school curriculum, but which influences the person to develop recreational skills and abilities where they can have an impact on the lifestyle of nursing students. Objective: Prove the relationship of extracurricular activities with the lifestyle of nursing students of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study at the relational level, performed on nursing students with a sample of 221 students obtained by simple random probabilistic sampling without replacement. The "FANTASTIC^Ó” questionnaire was used, with 0.789 of Cronbach's Alpha. Results: The average age of the studied population was 20 years, predominantly female with 81.9%. The lifestyle according to student's self-perception was good with 52%, students who do not perform extracurricular activities preponderate with 55.2%. No statistically significant association was found between lifestyle and extracurricular activities. (X²=0.603, p=.896). Conclusion: Extracurricular activities will not always be significant in lifestyle, since they can be positive or negative depending on the student's self-perception in lifestyle, being clear, how it is carried out in daily activities inside and outside the school environment. The results obtained show that extracurricular activities have no impact on the student's self-perception lifestyle.