NCT06638359

Effects of Moderate Exercise And Interval Exercise On Sleep Quality

Effects of an Acute Bout of Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Exercise And High-Intensity Intermittent Exercise On Sleep During Night Shifts In Medical Shift Workers With Sleep Impairment: A Single-Blind Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 19 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Taiwan Sport University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aimed to explore the effects of a single bout of moderate- aerobic continuous exercise (MACE) and high-intensity intermittent exercise (HIIE) on sleep during continuous night shifts in medical shift workers with mild sleep impairment.

Detailed description

Medical staff with sleep disturbances due to their night-shift work were randomized to either a treadmill walking session for 47 minutes with moderate intensity (the heart rate reaches 70\~75% of the maximum heart rate), treadmill running section for 28 minutes with intermittent high-intensity (the heart rate reaches 90\~95% of the maximum heart rate for 4 minutes and 50\~70% for 3 minutes), or a quiet-rest control, 14 hours before undertaking a continuous night shift. Sleep quality was assessed by ActiGraph with subjective questionnaire for 1 night and 3 nights after exercise. Tests were performed (t-tests or χ2 tests) to test for differences between any two of the three intervention trials.

Conditions

• Exercise Addiction
• Control Condition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	moderate exercise	moderate exercise for 47 minutes
BEHAVIORAL	interval exercise	interval exercise for 28 minutes
BEHAVIORAL	Control (placebo) group	without exercise

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-12-10
• Primary completion: 2023-12-10
• Completion: 2024-08-31
• First posted: 2024-10-15
• Last updated: 2024-10-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan