Effects of physical exercise on sleep quality of patients with primary chronic insomnia: a comparation of two different times of day

• Grant number: 08/02862-1
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): August 01, 2008
• Effective date (End): December 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Pharmacology - Neuropsychopharmacology
• Principal researcher: Marco Túlio de Mello
• Grantee: Giselle Soares Passos
• Home Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The prevalence of chronic insomnia in the general population is between 10 and 15%3 is common in adulthood, and predominantly affects women. Pharmacotherapy is the most often prescribed remedy for insomnia. However, non-pharmacologic therapy therapies have been suggested in the literature, between them the physical exercise. The aim of this study is to evaluate the chronic and acute effect of moderate-intensity physical exercise realized in two different times of day on sleep quality of patients with chronic primary insomnia. Will be selected 45 patients with primary chronic insomnia. They were randomly allocated to the groups MG - morning group(n= 15), AG - afternoon (n=15) and control group (CG). The experimental groups will carry out moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (intensity of ventilatory threshold one - VT-1) during six months. This study will be composed for 7 evaluations (baseline, acute, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 48 hours after 6 months and 1 month after the end). The approaches of sleep quality evaluation will be the polysomnografy and the sleep log. The questionnaires, the profile of mood states (POMS), the Anxiety trait and state (IDATE) and the quality of life (SF-36). The hypothesis of this study is that the aerobic exercise practice (moderate-intensity) in the two different times of day (morning and afternoon), during six months, can reduce anxiety, improve the profile of mood states, and increase the quality of life of the patients with primary chronic insomnia, and consequently result in an improvement in the quality of the sleep.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GISELLE S. PASSOS; MARCOS G. SANTANA; DALVA POYARES; CAROLINA V. D’AUREA; ALEXANDRE A. TEIXEIRA; SERGIO TUFIK; MARCO T. DE MELLO. Chronotype and anxiety are associated in patients with chronic primary insomnia. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, v. 39, n. 2, p. 183-186, Jun. 2017. Web of Science Citations: 5.

PASSOS, GISELLE SOARES; POYARES, DALVA; SANTANA, MARCOS GONCALVES; DE SOUZA TEIXEIRA, ALEXANDRE ABILIO; LIRA, FABIO SANTOS; YOUNGSTEDT, SHAWN D.; THOMATIELI DOS SANTOS, RONALDO VAGNER; TUFIK, SERGIO; DE MELLO, MARCO TULIO. Exercise Improves Immune Function, Antidepressive Response, and Sleep Quality in Patients with Chronic Primary Insomnia. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, 2014. Web of Science Citations: 15.

PASSOS, GISELLE SOARES; POYARES, DALVA; SANTANA, MARCOS GONCALVES; RODRIGUES D'AUREA, CAROLINA VICARIA; YOUNGSTEDT, SHAWN D.; TUFIK, SERGIO; DE MELLO, MARCO TULIO. Effects of moderate aerobic exercise training on chronic primary insomnia. Sleep Medicine, v. 12, n. 10, p. 1018-1027, DEC 2011. Web of Science Citations: 67.