Muscle-strengthening exercise and sleep quality among a nationally representative sample of 23,635 German adults
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Bennie, Jason A. and Tittlbach, Susanne. 2020. "Muscle-strengthening exercise and sleep quality among a nationally representative sample of 23,635 German adults." Preventive Medicine Reports. 20, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101250
| Article Title | Muscle-strengthening exercise and sleep quality among a nationally representative sample of 23,635 German adults |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 211236 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Bennie, Jason A. (Author) and Tittlbach, Susanne (Author) |
| Journal Title | Preventive Medicine Reports |
| Journal Citation | 20, pp. 1-5 |
| Article Number | 101250 |
| Number of Pages | 5 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Place of Publication | Netherlands |
| ISSN | 2211-3355 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101250 |
| Abstract | Regular physical activity is a key modifiable non-pharmacological treatment to enhance sleep quality, a key predictor of optimal health and wellbeing. Most of the evidence on physical activity and sleep quality is based on studies assessing the effects of aerobic moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (e.g. brisk walking, cycling, jogging). Emerging clinical evidence suggests that muscle-strengthening exercise (e.g. push‐ups, using weight machines) may also be beneficial for sleep quality. However, since no studies have examined the associations between muscle-strengthening exercise with sleep quality among a large sample of community-dwelling adults, it is currently unknown how these findings translate to the population level. This study describes the associations between the weekly frequency of muscle-strengthening exercise and sleep quality among a nationally representative sample of German adults. Data were drawn for the 2014 German Health Update Survey (n = 23,635; ≥18 years). Validated survey items assessed muscle-strengthening exercise (times/week) and sleep quality (assessed via 4 point-scale: ‘ very poor ’ to ‘ good ’). Poisson regression with robust error variance was used to calculate prevalence ratios of (PR) across weekly muscle-strengthening exercise frequency (None [reference]; 1, 2, 3–4 and ≥ 5 times/week), adjusting for potential confounders (e.g. age, sex, socioeconomic status, self-rated health, smoking, alcohol, aerobic physical activity). Compared with those reporting none, any muscle-strengthening exercise was associated with a reduced prevalence of ‘ poor ’ (PR range: 0.77–0.83) and ‘ very poor ’ (PR range: 0.57–0.70) quality sleep. Future health behavior modification strategies to enhance sleep quality at the population-level should consider promoting muscle-strengthening exercise. |
| Keywords | Sleep health; Resistance training; Strength-promoting exercise; Epidemiology |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420299. Epidemiology not elsewhere classified |
| 420201. Behavioural epidemiology | |
| 420799. Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified | |
| Byline Affiliations | Physically Active Lifestyles Research Group |
| University of Bayreuth, Germany | |
| Open access url | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101250 |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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