Correlation of sleep quality with physical activity and memory among young adults Dubey Anupama1, Tiwari Prachi2,*, Siddiqui Zuheb Ahmed2 1BPT Intern, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing Sciences and Allied Health, Jamia Hamdard 2Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing Sciences and Allied Health, Jamia Hamdard *Corresponding Author: Dr. Prachi Tiwari (PT) Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing Sciences and Allied Health, Jamia Hamdard Mobile: +91 9811644726 Email: prachitiwari005@gmail.com
Online published on 18 January, 2019. Abstract Introduction Poor sleep quality is common among students due to academic work burden and social norms. Physical fitness is the ability to achieve certain performance standards for physical activity, and is an outcome of habitual physical activity or exercise1, 2. In the process of encoding, new information inputs into neural circuits. This information is unstable and must be strengthened and transferred to long-term storage in the process of consolidation, which this project will focus on. Finally, this information is retrieved from the areas of storage. Today's fast growing industrialized world and rapid advancement in digital technology, multimedia; internet and social networking lifestyle have greatly affected the lifestyle of the people in the world population. These technologies are effecting duration and quality of sleep, because of this other parameters like their physical activity and memory are also affected. The significance of this finding is that key measures of poor sleep quality may be associated with physical activity downfall and memory issues among young adults. Method 100 subjects between age group 18–25 years having normal BMI were selected for the study on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. After signing the informed consent the subjects administered Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire (BPAQ) and Memory Functioning Questionnaire (MFQ). Result Analysis was done using statistical SPSS version 21. The association between sleep quality, physical activity and memory was found out by Karl Pearson correlation coefficient (r). Non-significant correlation was found between MFQ and PSQI. Non-significant correlation was found between BPAQ and PSQI Conclusion With the result of this study it could be established that sleep deprivation or impaired sleep quality has no effect on physical activity and memory in young adults. Top Keywords Sleep Quality, Physical Activity, Memory, PSQI, MFQ, BPAQ, Young Adult. Top |