屋外での身体活動,睡眠の質,一般的な健康:実験的可行性研究

Thayse Natacha Gomes¹, Sara Suikkanen², Mabliny Thuany³

¹Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Physical Activity for Health Research Cluster, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.

Lancet (London, England)

|November 24, 2023

まとめ

この試験試験では,不活発な成人のための8週間の運動プログラムが検討されました. 統計的に有意な結果ではありませんが低コストで運動を増やして公衆衛生を改善する戦略を示唆しています

科学分野:

環境健康
公衆衛生
運動科学

背景:

身体活動と自然への曝露は健康上の利点と結びついています
身体活動,睡眠,健康への環境品質の影響については,さらなる調査が必要である.
この研究は,これらの関係を探求するための介入を試験的に実施した.

研究の目的:

8週間の自己指導運動の可行性を検証する.
非活動的な成人の身体活動,睡眠,健康状態に対する環境品質の影響を調べる.
大規模な多センター研究のためにデータを集めました

主な方法:

アイルランドとフィンランドの 14 人の不活動な大人が 8 週のプログラムに参加しました.
参加者は,少なくとも週3回,自己選択の屋外運動 (ウォーキング/ランニング) を行いました.
適度から激しい身体活動 (MVPA) は加速計で測定され,睡眠と健康は自己報告された.

主要な成果:

MVPAの平均時間はわずかに減少し,健康状態のスコアと良い睡眠の頻度は増加しました.
より高いMVPパーセンチル群の参加者は,健康と睡眠の改善を報告しましたが,有意ではありません.
介入は有望な傾向を示したが,重要ではない.

結論:

実験的介入は実行可能であり,低コストの公衆衛生戦略を提案しました.
制限には,対照群がなく,サンプルサイズが小さいことが含まれます.
緑の環境と舗装された環境における身体的活動を調査するためのより大きな多中心研究が将来の研究に含まれるでしょう

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