scholarly journals The Associations Between Objectively Measured Gait Speed and Subjective Sleep Quality in First-Year University Students, According to Gender

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 1663-1668
Author(s):  
Mario Kasović ◽  
Andro Štefan ◽  
Lovro Štefan
2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 1127-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P K Bernstein ◽  
Alyssa DeVito ◽  
Matthew Calamia

Abstract Objective To examine associations between subjectively-reported sleep and objectively-measured sleep (i.e., actigraphy) with different domains of cognitive functioning, and determine whether age may moderate these associations. Method In this cross-sectional study, a total of 489 participants (mean age = 45.4 years; SD = 18.8) completed a self-reported sleep measure and one week of actigraphy. Participants also completed a battery of cognitive tests measuring episodic memory, social cognition, executive functioning, and complex cognition (i.e., reasoning, visuospatial, and language abilities). Results Multiple regression analyses revealed that greater objective sleep quality and longer onset latencies were both associated with better performance on measures of conceptual flexibility. In contrast, subjective sleep quality was not associated with performance in any cognitive domain after accounting for objective sleep variables. Age moderated sleep–cognition relationships in differing ways based on cognitive domain and facet of sleep assessed. For example, whereas poorer subjective sleep quality was associated with poorer complex cognition in younger, but not older adults, poorer objective sleep quality was associated with poorer conceptual flexibility in older, but not younger adults. Conclusions Objectively-measured and self-reported sleep are associated with differing aspects of executive functioning, with the latter related to executive functioning broadly and the former associated with conceptual flexibility in particular. Age moderates sleep–cognition relationships differentially depending on the method by which sleep quality and quantity are measured.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Kawai ◽  
Saki Tanaka ◽  
Chika Nakamura ◽  
Takuya Ishibashi ◽  
Atsushi Mitsumoto

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. S32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia Maisuradze ◽  
Nani Lortkipanidze ◽  
Nikoloz Oniani

Author(s):  
Caroline Catherman ◽  
Samantha Cassidy ◽  
Chelsie E. Benca-Bachman ◽  
Jessica M. Barber ◽  
Rohan H. C. Palmer

Heliyon ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. e07082
Author(s):  
Benojir Ahammed ◽  
Nusrat Jahan ◽  
Aysha Seddeque ◽  
Md. Tanvir Hossain ◽  
Taufiq-E-Ahmed Shovo ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
MoezAlIslam E. Faris ◽  
Michael V. Vitiello ◽  
Dana N. Abdelrahim ◽  
Leila Cheikh Ismail ◽  
Haitham A. Jahrami ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0261346
Author(s):  
Sunna Gestsdottir ◽  
Thordis Gisladottir ◽  
Runa Stefansdottir ◽  
Erlingur Johannsson ◽  
Greta Jakobsdottir ◽  
...  

Objective COVID-19 has affected people’s health in various ways. University students are a particularly sensitive group for mental and physical health issues. The aim of this study was to assess and compare the mental and physical health of male and female first-year university students during and before COVID-19. Method Total of 115 first-year university students (54% male) answered questions about mental and physical health. The students were asked to estimate their physical activity, sedentary behavior, loneliness, stress, and sleep quality during COVID-19 opposed to before the pandemic. Result Males had fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression, and their self-esteem was higher than females (p<0.05). Over 50% of both genders estimated their mental health to be worse than before COVID-19. Larger proportion of males (69%) compared to females (38%) estimated that their physical health had worsened than before the pandemic. Larger proportion of females (38%) than males (14%) experience increased loneliness and stress (68% vs. 48%). Over 70% of both genders estimated increased sedentary behavior than before the pandemic, and larger proportion of males (76%), compared to females (56%), estimated that they were less physically active than before COVID-19. About 50% of participants estimated their sleep quality was worse than before COVID-19. Conclusion University students estimated their mental and physical health to have deteriorated during the pandemic. Therefore, it is important that the school and healthcare systems assist students in unwinding these negative health and lifestyle changes that have accompanied the pandemic.


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