Long-Term Links between Physical Activity and Sleep Quality

Semplonius, Thalia; Willoughby, Teena

doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000001706

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“…Our findings strongly supported the current knowledge [15,24,25,26] that regular PA was associated with more favourable sleep characteristics. Being physically active has been defined as achieving an activity level that was equivalent to walking for 30 min per day [20].…”

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Is There an Association between Physical Activity and Sleep in Community-Dwelling Persons with Dementia: An Exploratory Study Using Self-Reported Measures?

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Sleep disturbances are common in persons with dementia (PWD). While pharmacotherapy is widely used, non-pharmacological interventions are beginning to surface as first-line management strategies. This study sought to investigate if physical activity was associated with more favourable sleep patterns in PWD, and to compare the sleep quantity and quality between active and inactive PWD. We conducted an exploratory study to tackle these research questions. Self-reported telephone questionnaires were administered to 40 caregivers of PWD, who answered questions as proxies on behalf of their care recipient. Just over half (55%) of our participants met the criteria for being active. Walking was the most popular form of physical activity for both active and inactive PWD. Active PWD also preferred exercise classes and gardening, whereas inactive PWD favoured chair exercises. Compared to their inactive counterparts, active PWD were more likely to experience appropriate sleep quantity (p = 0.00). The active group also reported significantly better overall sleep quality (p = 0.003). Together, our findings suggest that physical activity may be associated with improved sleep in PWD. Future studies are warranted to investigate whether physical activity can be promoted as a safe and effective means to improve quality-of-life in this population.

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Is There an Association between Physical Activity and Sleep in Community-Dwelling Persons with Dementia: An Exploratory Study Using Self-Reported Measures?

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“…The relationship between sleep quality and physical activity is complicated by a bidirectional relationship. That is, physical activity improves sleep and better sleep quality leads to greater physical activity [ 101 , 102 ]. Sleep quality influences the physical activity level through its impact on psychological functioning (e.g., lower depression scores, positive coping strategies) [ 101 , 103 ].…”

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“…That is, physical activity improves sleep and better sleep quality leads to greater physical activity [ 101 , 102 ]. Sleep quality influences the physical activity level through its impact on psychological functioning (e.g., lower depression scores, positive coping strategies) [ 101 , 103 ]. Participation in exercise programs improve sleep quality in adults and physical activity is a beneficial treatment for depressive and anxiety disorders [ 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 ].…”

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“…The independent links between both sleep quality and sleep duration and obesity are also well established [ 32 , 126 , 127 ]. Higher body weights associated with poor sleep quality may be the result of decreased physical activity, poorer diet quality, and/or increased emotional and disinhibited eating [ 33 , 37 , 40 , 101 , 102 , 109 , 115 ].…”

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Maternal Sleep Quality is Associated with Personal and Parenting Weight-Related Behaviors

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Santiago

Martin‐Biggers

et al. 2020

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Mothers of young children tend to report poor-quality sleep, yet little is known about links between maternal sleep quality and weight-related behaviors and parenting practices. Thus, mothers of preschoolers completed an online cross-sectional survey assessing their sleep, physical activity, dietary behaviors, eating styles, child feeding practices, family meal behaviors, and health parameters. Comparisons by sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index item (i.e., very bad/bad, n = 87; fair, n = 255; and good/very good, n = 193) revealed mothers with poor-quality sleep had weight-related behaviors associated with higher Body Mass Index (BMI) (lower physical activity, fewer fruits/vegetables, more emotional and disinhibited eating). Poor-quality sleepers also engaged in parenting practices contrary to recommendations, such as less frequent modeling of healthy eating and physical activity, more control of child feeding, and fewer family meals. Mothers reporting poor-quality sleep tended to have lower parenting self-efficacy, poorer overall health status, more days of poor mental and physical health, greater depression, more stress, and higher BMIs. Future nutrition research should establish the directionality between sleep quality and health behaviors. Future interventions should help mothers develop strategies for improving sleep quality, such as increased physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake, and helping mothers realize how their sleep quality may affect parenting practices.

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“…59 Therefore, it is essential to understand the PA relationships with various clinical markers of nociceptive processing and modulatory processes while taking into account a range of confounding factors such as pain catastrophizing and sleep quality. 5,6,33,34,74,76…”

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Sedentary behaviour facilitates conditioned pain modulation in middle-aged and older adults with persistent musculoskeletal pain: a cross-sectional investigation

Mani

Adhia

Leong

et al. 2019

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Introduction:Higher physical activity (PA) and lower sedentary behaviour (SB) levels have demonstrated beneficial effects on temporal summation (TS) and conditioned pain modulation (CPM) in healthy adults. This cross-sectional study investigated the relationships between PA and SB and TS/CPM responses in individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain.Methods:Sixty-seven middle-aged and older adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain were recruited from the community. Questionnaires measuring demographics, pain, and psychological measures were completed. Physical activity/SB levels were measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire—short form and Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire, respectively. Semmes monofilament was used to assess mechanical TS (MTS) at the most symptomatic (MTS-S) and a reference region (MTS-R); change in the pain scores (baseline-10th application) was used for analysis. Conditioned pain modulation procedure involved suprathreshold pressure pain threshold (PPT-pain4) administered before and after (CPM30sec, CPM60sec, and CPM90sec) conditioning stimulus (2 minutes; ∼12°C cold bath immersion). For analysis, PPT-pain4 (%) change scores were used.Results:PPT-pain4 (%) change scores at CPM30sec and CPM60sec demonstrated significant weak positive correlations with SB levels and weak negative correlations with PA measures. After adjusting for confounding variables, a significant positive association was found between SB (h/d) and PPT-pain4 (%) change scores at CPM30sec and CPM60sec. No significant associations between MTS and PA/SB measures.Conclusion:Sedentariness is associated with higher pain inhibitory capacity in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. The observed relationship may be characteristic of a protective (sedentary) behaviour to enhance pain modulatory mechanism. Prospective longitudinal studies using objective PA/SB measures are required to validate the observed relationship in a larger sample size.

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Long-Term Links between Physical Activity and Sleep Quality

Abstract: Overall, there appears to be support for a bidirectional relationship between sleep and physical activity over time (at least for moderate physical activity) but only indirectly through emotion regulation.

Cited by 48 publications

References 21 publications

Is There an Association between Physical Activity and Sleep in Community-Dwelling Persons with Dementia: An Exploratory Study Using Self-Reported Measures?

Is There an Association between Physical Activity and Sleep in Community-Dwelling Persons with Dementia: An Exploratory Study Using Self-Reported Measures?

Maternal Sleep Quality is Associated with Personal and Parenting Weight-Related Behaviors

Sedentary behaviour facilitates conditioned pain modulation in middle-aged and older adults with persistent musculoskeletal pain: a cross-sectional investigation

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