EXAMINATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO OBTAIN APPROPRIATE QUALITY OF SLEEP IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

• Project/Area Number: 26350833
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMAMOTO Hideki 大阪大学, 全学教育推進機構, 准教授 (50299575)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 柴田 真志 兵庫県立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (00254467) ; 谷田 恵子 兵庫県立大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (60405371) ; 藤田 和樹 大阪大学, 全学教育推進機構, 准教授 (00361080) ; 守山 敏樹 大阪大学, 保健センター, 教授 (30283815)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 睡眠 / 大学生 / 身体活動 / 健康教育 / ライフスタイル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To verify the physical activity necessary to obtain appropriate sleep in university students, we examined how physical activity, one of the synchronizing factors of sleep, affects the quality and quantity of sleep. We evaluated the sleep quality and quantity of university students using objective indicators, and we assessed the relationship between sleep and factors such as physical activity and mental and physical health conditions. The results suggested that physical activity, physical fitness, and physical and mental health conditions affect the quality and quantity of sleep in college students. Although physical activity is necessary for acquiring appropriate sleeping habits, data indicated that individual differences, including sex, have a great effect on sleep, thus the intensity and timing of exercise may possibly have a different effect on sleep.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Gender differences in factors affecting depressive state in Japanese university students. (2016)
  • Author(s): Shimamoto, H., Naito, T., Kadota, K., Fujita, K., Kojima, R.
  • Organizer: The 21st Annual Congress of European College of Sport Science
  • Place of Presentation: Vienna, Austria
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-06
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Relationships between depression and sleepiness, daily physical activity level, physical fitness in Japanese university student. (2016)
  • Author(s): Shimamoto, H., Naito, T., Kojima, R., Kadota, K., Fujita, K.
  • Organizer: The 63nd Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine
  • Place of Presentation: Boston, U.S.A
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-31
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The effects of daily physical activity level on sleep quality in Japanese university student and their gender difference. (2015)
  • Author(s): Shimamoto, H., Naito, T., Kadota, K., Tanida, K., Shibata, M.
  • Organizer: The 62nd Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, U.S.A
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-26
  • Int'l Joint Research