Rodríguez-Aragón Manuel, Varillas-Delgado David, Gordo-Herrera Javier, Fernández-Ezequiel Alba, Moreno-Heredero Berta, Valle Noelia
Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain.
Faculty of Experimental Sciences, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain.
Front Psychiatry. 2024 Aug 28;15:1404544. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1404544. eCollection 2024.
The purpose of this study was to determine, for the first time, whether the application of a self-management program with global postural re-education (GPR) influences stress and sleep quality in female health science students.
In this randomized controlled trial pilot study, forty-one female health science students were randomized into a control group (n=21) and an intervention group (n=20). Participants underwent 8 weeks of self-management with and without GPR, after familiarization and therapy training. Outcomes included the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire and cortisol levels in saliva measured with the "CORTISOL Saliva ELISA SA E-6000" kit. Sleep quality was measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and a Sleep Diary; total sleep time (TST), sleep onset latency (SOL), wakefulness after sleep onset (WASO), sleep efficiency (SE), and perceived sleep quality or satisfaction were assessed using the Likert scale.
After self-treatment with GPR, participants in the intervention group showed lower cortisol levels compared to the control group (p = 0.041). Additionally, the intervention group demonstrated statistically significant improvements in sleep quality according to their PSQI (p = 0.010), STAI (p = 0.043), SOL (p = 0.049), and SE (p = 0.002).
This study shows that self-management through GPR helps reduce stress and improve sleep quality in female health science students.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/, identifier NCT05488015.
本研究旨在首次确定应用包含整体姿势再教育（GPR）的自我管理计划是否会影响健康科学专业女学生的压力和睡眠质量。
在这项随机对照试验性初步研究中，41名健康科学专业女学生被随机分为对照组（n = 21）和干预组（n = 20）。在熟悉和接受治疗培训后，参与者分别接受了为期8周的有GPR和无GPR的自我管理。结果包括状态-特质焦虑量表（STAI）问卷以及使用“皮质醇唾液ELISA SA E-6000”试剂盒测量的唾液皮质醇水平。睡眠质量通过匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）和睡眠日记进行测量；使用李克特量表评估总睡眠时间（TST）、入睡潜伏期（SOL）、睡眠中觉醒时间（WASO）、睡眠效率（SE）以及主观睡眠质量或满意度。
在接受GPR自我治疗后，干预组参与者的皮质醇水平低于对照组（p = 0.041）。此外，根据PSQI（p = 0.010）、STAI（p = 0.043）、SOL（p = 0.049）和SE（p = 0.002），干预组在睡眠质量方面有统计学上的显著改善。
本研究表明，通过GPR进行自我管理有助于减轻健康科学专业女学生的压力并改善其睡眠质量。
