Objective Sleep Behavior in Relation to a Nigth Competition in Athletes.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Sleep is a crucial factor for athletes' health and recovery. Many variables are able to negatively influence the sleep of top-level athletes, such as: anxiety, long travels, high volume or high-intensity training period, and a nigth competition too. Therefore, the aim of this pilot study is to evalute how sleep quality changes in relation to a late nigth competition in athletes.

Official Title
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Objective Sleep Behavior in Relation to a Nigth Competition in Athletes: a Pilot Study.

Conditions
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Sleep, Athlete, Sleep Deprivation

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Sleep Profiler
* Other: PSQI
* Other: TQR


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: both genders age between 18 and 45 sport activity for > or = to 8 hours/week. signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: smoking part-time or shift worker. Use of medications able to influence sleep any medical conditions (injury) contraindicating physical exercise as diagnosed by a sports medicine physician

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 45 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Athletes<br>Athletes will undergo a 4-days sleep monitoring with the use of the Sleep Profler. At the same time, they will fill the Total Quality of Recovery (TQR) scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). | Other: Sleep Profiler<br>* A 4-days sleep monitoring with the use of the Sleep Profiler. Data on objective sleep behavior will be collected.<br>Other: PSQI<br>* Fill the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for the subjective evaluation of sleep.<br>Other: TQR<br>* Fill the Total Quality of Recovery Scale (TQR), every morning for 4 consecutive days, to collect data on subjective perception of recovery,<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sleep Efficiency | Evaluation of the changes in Sleep Efficiency, evaluated by the Sleep Profiler, before (1st and 2nd nigths) and after (3rd and 4th nigths) a nigth competition. | From the 1st to the 4th nigth of monitoring | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TQR | Evaluation of the changes in the subjective perception of recovery, evaluated with the Total Quality of Recovery Scale (TQR), before (1st and 2nd nigths) and after (3rd and 4th nigths) a nigth competition. | From the 1st to the 4th nigth of monitoring | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Sleep, Athlete, Sleep Profiler