Sleep quality and sports performance in physically impaired athletes of individual sports
https://doi.org/10.47529/2223-2524.2024.1.5
Abstract
Aim: To investigate the relationship between sleep quality and sports performance of individuals with physical impairments in individual sports.
Methods: Three hundred and thirty-eight athletes (age: 36.43 ± 10.81 yrs.; 145 women and 193 men) participated in the study. Volunteers completed a five-part questionnaire on sleep quality. Based on the information available in the Provincial boards and the Veterans and Disabled Federation, the positions obtained by each athlete were considered as a criterion measure of sports performance.
Results: Result showed that in women the positions obtained at the Provincial, National and International level was significantly higher compared with male athletes (p < 0.05). There was no significant relationship between sleep quality and athletic performance of women, men and total (both men and women) athletes in individual sports at the Provincial level (women: r = 0.070, p = 0.409; men: r = -0.844, p = 0.242 and men and women: r = -0.029, p = 0.600); National level (women: r = 0.093, p = 0.271; men: r = 0.020, p = 0.785, men and women: r = 0.039, p = 0.474) and International level (women: r = 0.024, p = 0.781; men: r = 0.094, p = 0.191, men and women: r -0.078, p = 0.151).
Conclusion: There was no significant difference in sleep quality between male and female athletes with physical impairments. No significant relationship was observed between athletic performance and sleep quality between the two groups. In future research, field studies can be used to evaluate this relationship.
Supporting agencies: the authors of the article thank all the participants in the study, as well as the Federation of Veterans and the Disabled of Iran.
About the Authors
F. Ahmadi
Persian Gulf University
Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Fatemeh Ahmadi, Ph.D., Researcher, Department of Sport Science, School of Literature and Humanities; Researcher, Persian Gulf Sports, Nutrition and Wellness Research and Technology Group, School of Literature and Humanities
Iran, 75131, Bushehr, Persian Gulf Street
M. A. Safari
University of Shiraz
Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Mohammad Amin Safari, Ph.D., Researcher, Department of Sport Science, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Shiraz
Iran, 84334–71946, Shiraz, Jomhoori Eslami boulevard
H. R. Sadeghipour
Persian Gulf University
Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Hamid Reza Sadeghipour, Ph.D, Assistant professor, Department of Sport Science, School of Literature and Humanities; Researcher, Persian Gulf Sports, Nutrition and Wellness Research and Technology Group, School of Literature and Humanities
Iran, 75131, Bushehr, Persian Gulf Street
S. Z. Karizak
Persian Gulf University
Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Sara Zare Karizak, Ph.D., Assistant professor, Department of Sport Science, School of Literature and Humanities
Iran, 75131, Bushehr, Persian Gulf Street
A. Zar
Persian Gulf University
Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Abdossaleh Zar, Ph.D., Associate professor, Department of Sport Science, School of Literature and Humanities; Researcher, Persian Gulf Sports, Nutrition and Wellness Research and Technology Group, School of Literature and Humanities
Iran, 75131, Bushehr, Persian Gulf Street
P. T. Nikolaidis
University of West Attica
Greece
Greece
Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Ph.D., Adjunct lecturer, School of Health and Caring Sciences
Greece, 12243, Athens, Ag. Spyridonos str.
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