Mehdi Kushkestani; Mohsen Parvani; Shiva Ebrahimpour Nosrani; Seyed Yousef Bathaeezadeh
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Background and Pupose: Hypertension and poor sleep quality can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, stroke, etc. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between body compositions with hypertension and sleep quality in male students living in Allameh ...
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Background and Pupose: Hypertension and poor sleep quality can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, stroke, etc. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between body compositions with hypertension and sleep quality in male students living in Allameh Tabataba'i University dormitory. Material and Method: The present study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population consisted of 170 male dormitory students of Allameh Tabataba'i University who were randomly selected. First, body composition indices and blood pressure of subjects were measured and recorded. Then, the Pittsburgh Questionnaire were completed by students (PSQI) to assess their sleep quality. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21 software at a significant level (P
Diako Heidary; Aref Mehdipour
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Background & Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of cardio kickboxing workouts on cardiorespiratory endurance, body composition, quality of life, and sleep quality of young male students living in dormitories.Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design ...
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Background & Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of cardio kickboxing workouts on cardiorespiratory endurance, body composition, quality of life, and sleep quality of young male students living in dormitories.Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. To carry out this research, 20 male students in the Allameh Tabatabaei University dormitory were randomly selected and divided into two experimental and control groups, each group consisting of 10 people. In order to determine cardiorespiratory endurance, body composition, quality of life, and sleep quality, Queen''''''''s College Step Test (QCT), body fat percent using calipers, 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were employed, respectively.Results: Based on the analysis of covariance of the data related to pretest and posttest of the two experimental and control groups, the data of four variables of fat percentage, cardiorespiratory endurance, quality of life, and sleep quality in the posttest were significantly different between the two groups that this statistical test was conducted at a significance level of P = 0.05.Conclusion: It appears that cardio kickboxing workouts have a positive impact on the health of male students in dormitories.
