Physical Activity Frequency Patterns Influence Sleep Architecture in Young Adults.

IF 2.9 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI:10.1123/jpah.2024-0844

Christian J Corral, Melissa Miller, Frances A Champagne, David M Schnyer, Benjamin Baird

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Abstract

Background: Physical activity is associated with sleep quality and changes in sleep stages. Few studies have explored specific physical activity prescription parameters for informing behavioral interventions for sleep. This secondary data analysis explores how physical activity frequency and intensity are associated with sleep architecture.

Methods: Sixty-nine adults (mean age = 21.5 y, 63% female) wore a wrist-mounted fitness monitor to measure physical activity and sleep for 2 data collection intervals spanning a total of 8 months. Participants received triweekly electronic surveys asking to rank their levels of energy, stress, contentment, and sleep quality in the morning. Mixed effects linear models were used to determine the effects of physical activity frequency and intensity (light or moderate to vigorous) on sleep architecture, sleep quality, and mood.

Results: Having more days with at least 10 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity within a 5-day period was associated with a lower rapid eye movement/nonrapid eye movement ratio in the first 180 minutes of sleep (β = -0.18, P = .018). Total light-intensity physical activity was associated with the same effect (β = -0.16, P = .048), as well as higher morning energy levels (β = 0.16, P = .047). Within a day, the proportion of hours with at least 3 minutes of light-intensity physical activity was associated with greater sleep time and a lower rapid eye movement/nonrapid eye movement ratio in the first 360 minutes of sleep (β = 0.10, P = .049; β = -0.15, P = .022). The proportion of hours with at least 3 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity was associated with morning contentment (β = 0.13, P = .049).

Conclusions: This study suggests that the effects of physical activity on sleep are carried over across the week and identifies intraday and interday frequency to be important factors for consideration in physical activity interventions for improving sleep.

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体育活动频率模式影响年轻人的睡眠结构。

背景：体育活动与睡眠质量和睡眠阶段的变化有关。很少有研究探索特定的身体活动处方参数，为睡眠行为干预提供信息。这一次要数据分析探讨了身体活动的频率和强度与睡眠结构的关系。方法：69名成年人（平均年龄21.5岁，63%为女性）佩戴腕戴式健身监测器，测量身体活动和睡眠，两次数据收集间隔共8个月。参与者每三周接受一次电子调查，调查要求他们对早上的精力、压力、满足感和睡眠质量进行排名。混合效应线性模型用于确定体力活动频率和强度（轻度或中度至剧烈）对睡眠结构、睡眠质量和情绪的影响。结果：在5天内进行至少10分钟中等至高强度体力活动的天数越多，睡眠前180分钟的快速眼动/非快速眼动比率越低（β = -0.18, P = 0.018）。总光强度体力活动与相同的效果相关（β = -0.16, P = 0.048），以及更高的早晨能量水平（β = 0.16, P = 0.047）。在一天中，至少进行3分钟轻强度体力活动的小时数比例与睡眠时间延长和睡眠前360分钟快速眼动/非快速眼动比降低相关(β = 0.10, P = 0.049；β = -0.15, p = 0.022)。至少进行3分钟中等至高强度体力活动的时间比例与早晨满意度相关（β = 0.13, P = 0.049）。结论：这项研究表明，体育活动对睡眠的影响贯穿一周，并且确定了白天和白天的频率是体育活动干预改善睡眠的重要因素。

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Journal of physical activity & health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

3.20%

发文量

100

期刊介绍： The Journal of Physical Activity and Health (JPAH) publishes original research and review papers examining the relationship between physical activity and health, studying physical activity as an exposure as well as an outcome. As an exposure, the journal publishes articles examining how physical activity influences all aspects of health. As an outcome, the journal invites papers that examine the behavioral, community, and environmental interventions that may affect physical activity on an individual and/or population basis. The JPAH is an interdisciplinary journal published for researchers in fields of chronic disease.