Effects of Exercıse on Chronotype, Sleep Qualıty and Depressıon Symptom Level in Unıversıty Students

NCT ID: NCT06981702

Last Updated: 2025-10-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 54 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-06-18
• Study Completion Date: 2025-09-26

Brief Summary

The aimed this study is to determine the effect of regular exercise program on mood, chronotype and sleep quality in university students.

Detailed Description

The study is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design. Demographic information (age, gender, height, weight, education, marital status, occupation, where and with whom they live), additional diseases, medications used, whether they live in a rural or urban area, whether they have had any previous sleep problems, and whether they have had any previous psychiatric diagnoses will be recorded for all subjects in the study. Before the exercise, students will fill out the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to determine their sleep quality, the Morningness-Eveningness Scale to assess their chronotype, and the Beck Depression Inventory to measure their depressive symptom levels, and the results will be recorded. All exercises performed by the students for 8 weeks will be monitored by the researcher physiotherapist through weekly short individual or group interviews with the students. At the end of the eighth week, students will fill out the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Morningness-Eveningness Scale, and the Beck Depression Inventory again, and the results will be recorded.

Conditions

Depression, Anxiety; Chronotype; Physical Activity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Study Group

. In our study, demographic information (age, gender, height, weight, education, marital status, occupation, where and with whom they live), additional diseases, medications used, whether they live in a rural or urban area, whether they have had any sleep problems before, and whether they have had any psychiatric diagnoses before will be recorded for all subjects. Before the exercise, students will fill out the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to determine their sleep quality, the Morningness-Eveningness Scale to assess their chronotype, and the Beck Depression Inventory to measure their depressive symptom levels, and the results will be recorded. Students taking the body mechanics course will be asked to do aerobic exercises they learned in class, three days a week, including warm-up and cool-down, for a total of 60 minutes of exercise. The exercises will be performed on the same days and times each week. All exercises performed by the students for 8 weeks will be monitored by the rese

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

. In our study, demographic information (age, gender, height, weight, education, marital status, occupation, where and with whom they live), additional diseases, medications used, whether they live in a rural or urban area, whether they have had any sleep problems before, and whether they have had any psychiatric diagnoses before will be recorded for all subjects. Before the exercise, students will fill out the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to determine their sleep quality, the Morningness-Eveningness Scale to assess their chronotype, and the Beck Depression Inventory to measure their depressive symptom levels, and the results will be recorded. Students taking the body mechanics course will be asked to do aerobic exercises they learned in class, three days a week, including warm-up and cool-down, for a total of 60 minutes of exercise. The exercises will be performed on the same days and times each week. All exercises performed by the students for 8 weeks will be monitored by the resea

Interventions

Exercise

. In our study, demographic information (age, gender, height, weight, education, marital status, occupation, where and with whom they live), additional diseases, medications used, whether they live in a rural or urban area, whether they have had any sleep problems before, and whether they have had any psychiatric diagnoses before will be recorded for all subjects. Before the exercise, students will fill out the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to determine their sleep quality, the Morningness-Eveningness Scale to assess their chronotype, and the Beck Depression Inventory to measure their depressive symptom levels, and the results will be recorded. Students taking the body mechanics course will be asked to do aerobic exercises they learned in class, three days a week, including warm-up and cool-down, for a total of 60 minutes of exercise. The exercises will be performed on the same days and times each week. All exercises performed by the students for 8 weeks will be monitored by the resea

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Studying at Aydın Adnan Menderes University Söke Health Services College,
• Taking the body mechanics course,
• Being between the ages of 18-49,
• Being able to read, speak and understand Turkish.

Exclusion Criteria

• Having received physical therapy services due to musculoskeletal diseases in the last 3 months,
• Having musculoskeletal diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis, chronic or structural joint diseases,
• Having congenital malpositions of the musculoskeletal system,
• Having a physical disability,
• Having undergone artificial joint replacement,
• Having multiple sclerosis, myodystrophic or other neurodegenerative diseases, Having serious diseases such as acute herniated disc, Using muscle relaxants or other drugs that affect muscle elasticity, Having a cardiovascular disease, Having a history of previous back surgery, Having a traffic accident in the last 6 months, Not being within the age range determined for the study, Having a mental disability that prevents answering the comprehension and evaluation forms.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 49 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Nazan Ozturk

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Şenay Demir Yazıcı

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Locations

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Aydin, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

NzOzturk

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id