This study was designed to understand the sleep quality and functional fitness test in middle age and elderly adults. The participants included 161 community college students (22 male students and 139 female students with mean age 48.3±12.7 years, height 159.0±6.3 cm, and weight 60.0±10.1 kg). Sleep quality was assessed by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and functional fitness test were used in this study. Data was processed by SPSS for windows 18.0 system and analyzed using the descriptive statistic, independent samples t-tests, and Pearson, with the level of significance set at α=.05. The results were as followed: (1) The mean sleep time of 6.7±1.1hr, and PSQI score is 6.19±3.02. (2) The mean of male 27.3% and female 51.8% reported PSQI scores above the clinical cutoff of 5. (3) Compare the sleep score and functional fitness test: significance different in sit-and-reach of male and female; and different in sit-up of female (P<.05). (4) Sleep score and sit and reach, sit-up of female have a significant correlation. (5) Body mass index and grip strength of man, sit and reach of female, and sit-up of female have a significant correlation. Conclusions: the ratio of poor sleep quality in female was higher than male and the good sleep quality is also have better functional fitness performance.
This study was designed to understand the sleep quality and functional fitness test in middle age and elderly adults. The participants included 161 community college students (22 male students and 139 female students with mean age 48.3±12.7 years, height 159.0±6.3 cm, and weight 60.0±10.1 kg). Sleep quality was assessed by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and functional fitness test were used in this study. Data was processed by SPSS for windows 18.0 system and analyzed using the descriptive statistic, independent samples t-tests, and Pearson, with the level of significance set at α=.05. The results were as followed: (1) The mean sleep time of 6.7±1.1hr, and PSQI score is 6.19±3.02. (2) The mean of male 27.3% and female 51.8% reported PSQI scores above the clinical cutoff of 5. (3) Compare the sleep score and functional fitness test: significance different in sit-and-reach of male and female; and different in sit-up of female (P<.05). (4) Sleep score and sit and reach, sit-up of female have a significant correlation. (5) Body mass index and grip strength of man, sit and reach of female, and sit-up of female have a significant correlation. Conclusions: the ratio of poor sleep quality in female was higher than male and the good sleep quality is also have better functional fitness performance.