| Abstract [eng] |
Author: Elija Linaburgytė, 2nd-year Master’s student of Rehabilitation, Vilnius University. Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Jurga Indriūnienė, Dept. of Rehabilitation, Physical and Sports Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University. Background: Physical activity (PA) affects young women's psychoemotional status, sleep, and quality of life (QoL), but training modalities may yield different effects. There is a lack of such research in Lithuania. Results are valuable for health recommendations for women aged 18–44.Aim: To determine the associations between PA, psychoemotional status, sleep quality, and QoL among young women attending group and individual training. Objectives: 1. Compare psychoemotional status between groups. 2. Analyze sleep quality. 3. Compare QoL. 4. Determine PA associations with depression, anxiety, stress, sleep, and QoL in both groups. Methods: Conducted in 2026 at VU MF. Sample: 218 physically active young women (18–44 years) via an anonymous online questionnaire. Instruments: DASS-21, PSQI, WHOQOL-BREF, and IPAQ-SF. Analysis: SPSS 24.0 and MS Excel 2016.Results: Sample included 125 individual (Group I) and 93 group training participants (Group II). Age, height, and PA did not differ significantly, but weight and BMI were higher in Group I. Group II demonstrated significantly better sleep quality and shorter sleep latency than Group I. Psychoemotional status and QoL showed no significant baseline differences. Higher PA was significantly associated with better QoL and lower psychoemotional symptoms. Regression analysis showed that sleep quality was significantly predicted by psychoemotional status and QoL, while PA had no independent predictive value. Conclusions: 1. Group I had higher depression, anxiety, and stress scores than Group II, but differences were non-significant (p > 0.05). 2. Group II had a significantly lower (better) global sleep quality score and shorter sleep latency than Group I. 3. Global QoL was slightly higher in Group II, but non-significant (p > 0.05). 4. In Group I, higher PA was associated only with lower depression symptoms. In Group II, higher PA was associated with lower depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. In both groups, higher PA correlated with better QoL, but not with sleep quality (p > 0.05). |
