Gender differences in sleep patterns and sleep complaints of elite athletes
Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the gender differences for sleep complaints, patterns and disorders of elite athletes during preparation for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Methods: The study included 146 athletes from the Brazilian Olympic Team (male: n=86; 59%; female: n=60; 41%). The assessment of the Olympic athletes’ sleep took place in 2015, during the preparation period for the Rio Olympic Games. The athletes underwent a single polysomnography (PSG) evaluation. Sleep specialists evaluated the athletes and asked about their sleep complaints during a clinical consultation. In this evaluation week, the athletes did not take part in any training or competitions. Results: The prevalence of sleep complaints was 53% of the athletes during the medical consultation, the most prevalent being insufficient sleep/waking up tired (32%), followed by snoring (21%) and insomnia (19.2%). In relation to the sleep pattern findings, the men had significantly higher sleep latency and wake after sleep onset than the women (p=0.004 and p=0.002, respectively). The sleep efficiency and sleep stages revealed that men had a lower percentage of sleep efficiency and slow wave sleep than the women (p=0.001 and p=0.05, respectively). Conclusion: Most athletes reported some sleep complaints, with men reporting more sleep complaints than women in the clinical evaluation. The PSG showed that 36% of all athletes had a sleep disorder with a greater reduction in sleep quality in men than in women.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Sprache
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Englisch
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Gender differences in sleep patterns and sleep complaints of elite athletes ; volume:12 ; number:04 ; year:2019 ; pages:242-248
Sleep science ; 12, Heft 04 (2019), 242-248
- Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
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Silva, Andressa
Narciso, Fernanda Veruska
Rosa, João Paulo
Rodrigues, Dayane Ferreira
Cruz, Aline Ângela da Silva
Tufik, Sérgio
Viana, Fernanda
Bichara, Jorge José
Pereira, Sebastian Rafael Dias
Silva, Sidney Cavalcante da
Mello, Marco Túlio De
- DOI
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10.5935/1984-0063.20190084
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023121412091205138364
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Silva, Andressa
- Narciso, Fernanda Veruska
- Rosa, João Paulo
- Rodrigues, Dayane Ferreira
- Cruz, Aline Ângela da Silva
- Tufik, Sérgio
- Viana, Fernanda
- Bichara, Jorge José
- Pereira, Sebastian Rafael Dias
- Silva, Sidney Cavalcante da
- Mello, Marco Túlio De
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