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Physical Activity and Sleep Quality Association in Different Populations: A Meta-Analysis

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Zhao, Haitao, Lu, Chuntian, Yi, Cuixia·2023·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
DOI 10.3390/ijerph20031864PMC PMC9914680
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The meta-analysis statistical methodology was used to test the effect of physical activity intervention on sleep quality. According to the preliminary results of the meta-analysis, moderating variables (age stage and physical activity intensity) were included for further study. On this basis, measures and schemes to improve sleep quality through physical activity were put forward. A preliminary Endnote X9 search of relevant literature from six electronic databases (Web of Science, Medline, PubMed, CNKI, PsycINFO and Wanfang) was performed. The results showed the following: (1) The overall test effect of physical activity intervention on sleep quality was not significant (p = 0.15). (2) Moderate- and low-intensity physical activity had significant effects on sleep quality (moderate intensity d = 2.56, p = 0.015; low-intensity d = 1.38, p = 0.03), while high-intensity physical activity had no obvious effect on sleep quality (d = 1.12, p = 0.32). (3) There were differences in the effect of physical activity on sleep quality at different ages. The effect of physical activity on sleep quality was more obvious in children and middle-aged and elderly people (children d = 1.24, p = 0.03; middle-aged and elderly people d = 1.98, p = 0.037), but not in young people (d = 1.32, p = 0.11). Conclusion: The overall effect of physical activity on sleep quality was not significant. Physical activity had an obvious effect on the sleep quality of children and middle-aged and elderly people but had no obvious effect on young people. Moderate-intensity physical activity had a certain effect on sleep quality, but high-intensity physical activity had no obvious effect on sleep quality. Future studies need to confirm these findings with a good large sample and moderating variables.

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  • Moderate physical exercise's effect on sleep quality was found to have the most apparent impact among older adults and not for younger people.

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    The Abstract and Conclusions report that moderate-intensity activity improved sleep quality and that physical activity had a significant effect in middle-aged and elderly people, but not in young people (page numbers not supplied). They also report a significant effect in children; the age and intensity findings are separate analyses, so the paper does not establish that moderate exercise specifically had its most apparent effect among older adults. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Zhao, H., Lu, C., & Yi, C.
Affiliations
Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
Corresponding author
Lu, Chuntian
ORCID
Yi, Cuixia
Venue
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2023-01-19
Volume
20
Issue
3
Pages
1864
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/ijerph20031864
PMC
PMC9914680
OpenAlex
W4317434920
Cited by
79
References
31
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 8
FWCI
3.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
Locations
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Keywords
physical activity, sleep quality, physical activity intensity, age differences, children, middle-aged and older adults, young adults, sleep quality interventions
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Aged, Child, Humans, Middle Aged, Sleep, Exercise

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