Sleep Quality And Body Composition Indices Of Obese Female Adolescents Improved Using Indigenous Ampe Exercise Programme
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https://doi.org/10.36330/kmj.v19i2.12581Keywords:
Sleep quality, Sleep latency, Sleep duration, Visceral fat, Waist-hip-ratioAbstract
Background: Participation in the ampe exercise programme has been shown to improve the anthropometric and physiological characteristics of children, but its effectiveness on sleep quality and body composition indices of obese female adolescents is yet to be determined. This study confirms that ampe exercise programme improves sleep quality and body composition indices in obese female adolescents.
Methods: The study adopted a pretest-posttest experimental design, with fifteen obese female adolescents recruited to participate in a 6-week ampe exercise programme. Before and after intervention, sleep quality, visceral fat, body mass index, and waist to hip ratio were assessed. A paired t-test and bivariate analysis were conducted between the sleep quality and body composition indices of the participants.
Results: Body weight (102.33±15.80 < 96.47±15.36, P=0.000), body mass index (33.55±2.56 < 31.61±2.55, P=0.000), visceral fat (10.23±3.03 <8.47± 2.20), (P=0.003), and waist to hip ratio (0.86±0.04 < 0.83±0.05, P=0.000) decreased significantly while sleep quality (P=0.000) improved significantly after ampe exercise programme. The relationship between sleep quality and body composition indices was not significant.
Conclusion: Ampe exercise programme potently improved body weight, body mass index, visceral fat, waist to hip ratio, and sleep quality in obese female adolescents. It is an effective and inexpensive therapeutic exercise programme suggested for individuals with non-communicable diseases and mental health. Further, comprehensive clinical trial studies on cardiovascular disease patients will ascertain the clinical efficacy of ampe exercise programme.
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