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Individualized sleep education improves subjective and objective sleep indices in elite cricket athletes: A pilot study.

Authors :
Driller MW
Lastella M
Sharp AP
Source :
Journal of sports sciences [J Sports Sci] 2019 Sep; Vol. 37 (17), pp. 2121-2125. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 May 10.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of personalized sleep hygiene education on sleep indices in elite athletes. Nine elite male cricket players performed 3 weeks of baseline sleep monitoring (PRE), followed by group and individualized sleep hygiene education and a further 3 weeks of sleep monitoring (POST). Subjective sleep questionnaires included the Athlete Sleep Behaviour Questionnaire (ASBQ), the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Objective sleep indices were monitored via wrist actigraphy. There were significant improvements (p < 0.05) in two of the sleep questionnaires (ESS and PSQI) and in sleep efficiency (+5%), sleep latency (-29 min) and sleep onset variance (-28 min) following the intervention, all associated with large or very large effect sizes ( d = 1.38, -0.85 and -0.88, respectively). The current study reports that personalized sleep hygiene education using the ASBQ to target maladaptive sleep behaviours may be effective in acutely improving sleep indices in elite male athletes.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1466-447X
Volume :
37
Issue :
17
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of sports sciences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31076021
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1616900