Fitness and Exercise as Correlates of Sleep Complaints

Gerber, Markus; Brand, Serge; Holsboer‐Trachsler, Edith; Pühse, Uwe

doi:10.1249/mss.0b013e3181c0ea8c

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“…On the other hand, previous studies have reported that aerobic exercise done in the form of running on a treadmill follows reduced levels of anxiety, stress, and depression resulting in improved sleep quality [31][32][33] . In addition, Yoga exercises were carried out for 90 min per session, while aerobic exercises lasted 35 min in the longest session.…”

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confidence: 96%

Effect of yoga and aerobics exercise on sleep quality in women with Type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial

2017

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Objective: The aim of this study was investigating the effect of 12 weeks of yoga and aerobic exercise (running on a treadmill) on the sleep quality in women with Type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: 39 diabetic women were selected from Semnan city with the mean age of 46.85±3.35 years, weight of 69.79±17.18 kg, height of 155.03±5.00, BMI of 29.64±5.00 kg/m 2 who had a background of diabetes for 6.46±2.69 years. They were then randomly divided into yoga exercise (n=15), aerobic exercise (n=13), and control group (n=11). The exercise program was performed for 12 weeks, three sessions per each week. In order to measure the sleep quality, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used. The data were analyzed by non-parametric wilcoxon and Kruskal-Wallis Test at significance level of p<0.05. Results: Overall score of sleep quality improved after six (p=0.001) and 12 (p=0.001) weeks of yoga exercise. Also, significant effect was observed after 6 weeks of aerobic exercise (p=0.039). However, the positive effect was diminished to under significant levels after 12 weeks of aerobic exercise (p=0.154). Kruskal-Wallis Test showed significant differences between yoga and aerobic groups after 12 weeks of exercise (p=0.002). No significant differences were observed in control groups in all situation. Conclusions: It can be concluded that yoga exercise is more effective in improving the sleep quality in comparison with the same course of aerobic exercise in women suffering from diabetes Type 2. Thus, yoga exercise can be suggested to these patients.

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Effect of yoga and aerobics exercise on sleep quality in women with Type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial

2017

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“…Gerber, Brand, Holsboer-Trachsler, and Pühse (2010) evaluated the relationship between exercise and sleep. The quantitative study included a sample size of 862 students from Switzerland.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The purpose of the study was to determine "if a person's perceived physical fitness, the level of exercise, and perceived lack of physical activity were associated with insomnia, dysfunctional sleep-related thoughts, and quality of sleep among young adults" (Gerber et al, 2010, p. 894). This study assessed the quality of sleep by measuring the students' difficulty falling asleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, waking up early, sleepiness during the day, low daytime performance, low satisfaction with sleep, and worrying about sleep (Gerber et al, 2010). Gerber et al (2010) found that there was a high correlation between sleep disturbances and physical inactivity.…”

Section: Exercise Habitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This study assessed the quality of sleep by measuring the students' difficulty falling asleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, waking up early, sleepiness during the day, low daytime performance, low satisfaction with sleep, and worrying about sleep (Gerber et al, 2010). Gerber et al (2010) found that there was a high correlation between sleep disturbances and physical inactivity. This indicates that participants who had more sleep disturbances rated their levels of physical activity lower.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sleeping Habits and Perception of Its Health Effects among College Students

Adriansen¹,

Childers²,

Yoder³

et al. 2017

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Inadequate sleep has detrimental effects on both students' health and academic performance. While college students may know this information, they often do not prioritize sleep above other responsibilities of college life nor perceive their own health as being threatened. The purpose of this quantitative, descriptive study was to determine the sleeping habits and perception of its health effects among college students. In this study, 116 college students in the Midwestern United States were surveyed. Participants completed a demographic and a 19-item Likert-type survey about their sleep habits and their perception of its health effects. In this study, 61% of participants reported obtaining at least an average of 7 hours of sleep per night. In addition, 77% of the participants reported taking naps during the day, with 51% of the naps lasting at least an hour. By comparing the participants' sleeping habits with the review of the literature, it was concluded that overall, participants did not have beneficial sleeping habits. The majority of the participants (M=3.49; SD=0.57 on a 4-point Likert-type scale), agreed that academics are affected because of the lack of sleep. In conclusion, college students do not have beneficial sleeping habits.

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“…Physical conditions included cognitive processes, metabolic function, immune function, and appetite regulation while disruption of mood, decision-making and concentration were psychological conditions [8]. These conditions are interdependent and become a cycle as regular physical activity can improve sleep quality and good sleep quality enhances physical performance [9]. Therefore, adequate sleep can boost up athletes' performance and enhance learning.…”

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Factors Affecting Sleep Quality among Adolescent Athletes

Lo¹,

Leung²,

Chau³

et al. 2017

Sports Nutr Ther

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Objectives: This study used a cross-sectional experimental design to examine the association between sleep quality and sports performance among adolescent recreation team-sports athletes in Hong Kong. By investigating the factors that affect sleep quality, it intended to arouse awareness of coaches and athletes the importance of sleeping so that they can improve training and competition performance.Methods: Hundred and twelve male and female participants with age range from 12 to 17 were involved in this study. A One-way ANCOVA model was designed to analyze the relationships among sleep quality and five factors (consume of caffeine or alcohol, extreme mood, sleeping environment, anxiety due to academic, and anxiety due to sports) and multiple regression analysis was adopted to predict the sleep quality through the coefficient of those variables.Results: Consumption of drinks or food that contained caffeine or alcohol, experiencing extreme mood such as shock or being too excited before sleep and having a bright and noisy sleeping environment affected the sleep quality. Most student athletes were struggling between academic results and sports in Hong Kong. The results had shown that nervousness due to academic was another factor that affected sleep quality. It has also found that not only academic results could affect sleep quality of student-athletes, but also nervousness due to sports could also be another thrilling factor. There were significance effects among factors in "drinking/eating drinks/food which contains caffeine or alcohol", "poor sleeping environment", "sleeping duration", and "self-rated sleep quality". Conclusion:The preliminary findings provide evidence that majority of secondary student-athletes are suffering from inadequate sleep due to dreadful sleeping qualities, which caused adverse conditions both physically and psychologically, and brought worst impacts to training and competitions performance. It is recommended that sleep hygiene could be promoted to coaches and athletes to enrich their knowledge of having better sleeping patterns. Much needed evidence regarding relationships of different aspects such as brain wave, sleeping patterns, injuries, diet, and the possible effects on sleep quality.

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Fitness and Exercise as Correlates of Sleep Complaints

Abstract: For early adulthood, findings did not support commonplace or expert opinion that exercise behavior has a favorable influence on sleep. Rather, the findings lend support to the importance of cognitive processes in the onset and maintenance of sleep complaints.

Cited by 87 publications

References 31 publications

Effect of yoga and aerobics exercise on sleep quality in women with Type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial

Effect of yoga and aerobics exercise on sleep quality in women with Type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial

Sleeping Habits and Perception of Its Health Effects among College Students

Factors Affecting Sleep Quality among Adolescent Athletes

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