A Comparative Study of Sleep Quality in Athletes & Non Athletes
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v8i2.1268Keywords:
Athletes, sleep quality, PSQI.Abstract
Background: As we know that sleep is important factor for all of us, but little is known regarding athlete
sleep quality. It has been reported that sleep may be compromised in athletes by many factors, like increase
in core temperature following exercise, increase in muscle tension, fatigue and pain following training and
competition.
Objective: The objective of present study was to assess normative sleep quality among highly trained
athletes.
Method: 50 athletes (short distance runners) & 50 non athletes were taken who were of 18 to 25 years. They
were given Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire to assess their sleep quality. Results were
statistically analysed using student ‘t’ test.
Results: Different components of PSQI questionnaire were assessed in both case & control group. Component
1- subjective sleep quality, component 2- sleep latency, component 3- sleep duration, component 4- sleep
efficiency were better in controls than athletes with a p<0.05. Component 5- sleep disturbance & component
7- daytime dysfunction scores were higher in athletes than controls (p<0.05). Component 6- use of sleep
medication was not statistically significant. So, the overall global score was higher in athletes indicating
better sleep quality in controls.
Conclusion: We conclude that controls have better sleep quality than athletes.
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