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Magdalena Dabrowska-Galas1, Jolanta Dabrowska2
1Department of Kinesitherapy and Special Methods, School of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. mdabrowska-galas@sum.edu.pl.
Objectives:
The aim of the study was to check whether women with a higher level of physical activity are less likely to experience sleep problems.
Material And Methods:
80 women aged 45-65 from Silesia took part in the pilot study. The research tool was a self-survey, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), and the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS). The data was prepared in the STATISTICA 10 program.
Results:
The mean age of the respondents was 51.75 ± 5.57. The most common symptoms were psychological problems (mean MRS: 4.29 ± 3.25). A sedentary lifestyle was reported in 57.14% of the respondents. There was a significant difference between women suffering from insomnia and women with normal sleep in terms of the level of physical activity (p = 0.025).
Conclusions:
Physical activity significantly affects the quality of sleep among middle-aged women.
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