The effect of Pilates exercises on sleep quality and fatigue among female students dormitory residents

Table 2 Comparison of sleep quality between two groups at 4 and 8 weeks of intervention

Variables	Groups		Baseline			Four weeks follow-up		Eight weeks follow-up
Variables	Groups		Mean ± SD^♣	p-value^a		Mean ± SD^♣	p-value^a	Mean ± SD^♣	p-value^a	p-value^b
Subjective sleep quality	Pilates	0.90 ± 0.53		0.3		0.25 ± 0.43	< 0.001	0.09 ± 0.29	< 0.001	< 0.001
	Control	0.77 ± 0.64				1.14 ± 0.64		1.40 ± 0.65
Sleep duration	Pilates	1.21 ± 0.83		0.54		0.96 ± 0.75	0.3	0.75 ± 0.43	< 0.04	0.229
	Control	1.05 ± 0.63				1.20 ± 0.93		1.20 ± 0.93
Sleep latency	Pilates	0.56 ± 0.71		0.92		0.62 ± .0.70	0.7	0.78 ± 0.55	0.474	0.995
	Control	0.54 ± 0.61				0.71 ± 0.78		0.71 ± 0.78
Habitual sleep efficiency	Pilates	1.40 ± 1.52		0.28		0.53 ± 0.67	0.06	0.15 ± 0.36	0.034	< 0.012
	Control	1.80 ± 1.49				1.31 ± 1.43		0.48 ± 0.70
Sleep disturbance	Pilates	1.09 ± 0.39		0.75		1 ± 0.35	0.77	0.93 ± 0.35	0.980	< 0.777
	Control	1.05 ± 0.48				0.97 ± 0.45		0.94 ± 0.48
Daytime dysfunction	Pilates	1.12 ± 0.83		0.11		0.59 ± 0.71	< 0.002	0.34 ± 0.48	< 0.0001	0.003
	Control	0.82 ± 0.51				1.20 ± 0.79		1.14 ± 0.73
Global PSQI score	Pilates	6.34 ± 2.70		0.81		5.40 ± 2.28	< 0.001	5.03 ± 2.11	< 0.0001	< 0.002
	Control	6.31 ± 2.62			7.62 ± 2.51			7.57 ± 2.70

^♣Mean ± standard deviation, expected range for each variable: (0–3; 0 = best result; 3 = worst result)
^aIndependent sample t-test
^bGreenhouse-Geisser test

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