Efeito do treinamento aeróbio no padrão de sono de mulheres obesas pós-menopausadas

Abstract

Introduction: Obesity is a major public health problem and your occurrence has been greater in the female population, especially in the years after the menopause. Excess weight is associated with metabolic syndrome and may trigger various metabolic diseases and sleep disorders such as insomnia and SAOS. Objective: to verify the effects of aerobic training on the sleep pattern in obese postmenopausal women. Methods: Participated in this study 10 post-menopausal women with overweight or obesity that underwent 12 weeks of aerobic training, being 3 sessions per week with a duration of 40 minutes and intensity of 60 to 80% of heart rate reserve. Physical evaluations were conducted and questionnaires pre and post the training period. Use the questionnaires ESS, PSQI, MEQ and QB to verify the presence of sleep disorder. Results: the volunteers showed grade I obesity and training not promoted significant changes in body composition, 50% of the volunteers showed poor quality of sleep and after training there was significant decrease in scores of volunteers who presented bad sleep quality, 30% of the volunteers showed moderate drowsiness and after training there was an increase in the percentage of volunteers with the absence of drowsiness and concomitant decrease in percentage in mild to moderate drowsiness. Most of the volunteers showed the cronotipo Moderate Morning and there was no significant difference in sleepiness and sleep quality after the training. Conclusion: Aerobic training, held 3 weekly sessions lasting 40 minutes promoted improvement in sleep pattern of obese women postmenopausal.