Relación entre la calidad de sueño, índice de masa corporal y actividad física en adultos ecuatorianos con Diabetes Tipo 2

Abstract

The objective of this study was to relate sleep quality, body mass index and physical activity in Ecuadorian adults with type 2 diabetes. The methodology used was an observational cross-sectional study where the sample was 140 people over 18 years of age. Two questionnaires were used for the study: the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire. The statistical analysis was carried out in the IBM SPSS Statistics 2021 program. The results showed that 64.1% of the study sample had poor sleep quality while 40.5% of the sample was overweight and 32.8% obese if measured by Body Mass Index (BMI); this means that 73.3% of the adults subject of study presented malnutrition due to excess. 56% of them showed low level of physical activity. In the inferential analysis, when relating sleep quality and BMI, it was found that subjects with good sleep quality had a mean BMI of 27.72 with a standard deviation of 5.93 while subjects with poor sleep quality had a higher mean of BMI 29.11 and a standard deviation of 6.81. When relating sleep quality and physical activity, it was found that subjects with good sleep quality had a mean physical activity of 935.09 meets while subjects with poor sleep quality had a higher mean physical activity of 976.43; however, these differences were not statistically significant in the study group (p>0.05). Even so, important trends have been observed in diabetic subjects and those with poor sleep quality with respect to higher mean BMIs and lower mean physical activity in relation to diabetic subjects with good sleep quality.