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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2022 Feb 1;19(3):1685.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031685.

Football and Zumba Training in Female Hospital Staff: Effects after 12 and 40 Weeks on Self-Reported Health Status, Emotional Wellbeing, General Self-Efficacy and Sleep Problems

Svein Barene  1 , Peter Krustrup  2   3   4
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Football and Zumba Training in Female Hospital Staff: Effects after 12 and 40 Weeks on Self-Reported Health Status, Emotional Wellbeing, General Self-Efficacy and Sleep Problems

Svein Barene et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: This 40-weeks intervention study evaluates the effects on self-reported health status, emotional wellbeing, general self-efficacy and sleep problems among female hospital employees.

Methods: 107 employees were cluster-randomized into three groups; football (FG), Zumba (ZG) and control (CG). Outcome measurements were conducted at baseline, 12 and 40 weeks. Weekly training frequencies in the first 12 and next 28 weeks were 2.4 ± 0.3 and 0.8 ± 0.2 in FG and 2.3 ± 0.3 and 0.9 ± 0.2 in ZG.

Results: Compared to the CG, the ZG showed significant improvement in self-reported health status (p = 0.025), a reduced frequency of poor and restless sleep (on a 0-4 scale) (p = 0.004), as well as a tendency for reduction in the frequency of problems falling asleep (p = 0.055) and overall sleep problems (p = 0.051). Between baseline and 12 weeks, both the FG (p = 0.017) and the ZG (p = 0.017) showed within-group improvements in emotional wellbeing, whereas this improvement was maintained only in the ZG between baseline and 40 weeks (p = 0.002). The FG showed a significant within-group improvement in general self-efficacy (p = 0.012) between baseline and 12 weeks follow-up, with no such improvements in the other groups.

Conclusion: The present findings revealed that a physical activity intervention with Zumba as well as football training may improve mental health and sleep outcomes in female hospital staff.

Keywords: dance; female workers; mood; self-perceived health; sleep quality; soccer.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Flow diagram showing the number of participants initially enrolled in the study and randomized to the three groups, as well as the number of drop-outs throughout the 40 weeks intervention period related to (i) the objective physiological measurements and (ii) the online questionnaire, respectively.
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Figure 2
Between-group differences in self-reported health status over 12 and 40 weeks.
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Figure 3
Within-group changes over 12 and 40 weeks in self-reported health status (a); emotional wellbeing (b); and general self-efficacy (c). Significant within-group change denotes; ** (p < 0.01), * (p < 0.05), (*) (p < 0.1) tendency for change.
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Figure 4
Between-group differences over 12 and 40 weeks in self-reported frequency of poor and restless sleep (a); frequency of problems falling asleep (b); and total score of sleep problems (c).
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Figure 5
Within-group changes over 12 and 40 weeks in frequency of waking up too early without falling asleep again (a); and frequency of waking up several times with problems falling asleep again (b). Significant within-group change denotes; ** (p < 0.01), * (p < 0.05), (*) (p < 0.1) tendency for change.
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