Oral / Poster Presentation File
1Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
2Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Iran
3Faculty of physical education and sport science, Shahid Bahonar university of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Aim: So, the aim of this study was to compare the sleep quality between physical active and inactive women.
Methods: In this comparative study, 40 participants were selected by available sampling and were purposefully divided into two groups (n=20 in each group): active (A) and inactive (IA). A group participated in regular exercise training (i.e. 8 hours per week), but IA group did not participate in any planed exercise training program in 2020. Petersburg questionnaire was used to assess the participants ’quality of sleep. Independent T test used to compare the groups scores and significancy was set at 0.05.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference in the average sleep quality (total), mental sleep quality, normal sleep efficiency, total sleep duration, daily dysfunction, time required to fall sleep between two groups (P < 0.05). But there was no significant difference in the criteria of sleep disorders and the use of hypnotics (P> 0.05).
Discussion and Conclusion: According to these results, it can be concluded that participation in regular exercise can improve sleep quality. However, sleep disorder and hypnotic usage may affect by other factors rather than exercise. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the effect of physical activity on sleep quality. Among which attenuating heart rate variability, physical fitness, glucose metabolism and increase BDNF as well as growth hormone levels are the most important.
