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Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Psychological Aspects and Sleep Quality in Prediabetes Elderly Women

Morteza Taheri, Khadijeh Irandost, Masoud Mirmoezzi, Maryam Ramshini.


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Objective: overweight and obesity along with complications such as anxiety and sleep disturbance are important issues that have threatened the community of the elderly. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of aerobic training and omega-3 supplementation on the psychological aspects and quality of sleep in obese aged women.
Method: The subjects consisted of 28 obese women with an average age of 63.1 ± 2.7 years who were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into two groups: aerobic training/supplement (ATS) and aerobic training group (AT). DASS and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to assess the psychological aspects (stress, anxiety and depression) and quality of sleep before and after intervention. Dependent and independent t-test was used to analyze the data.
Results: The results suggested that psychological aspects (stress, anxiety and depression) and quality of sleep were significantly improved in both groups (p≤0.05) and no significant difference was found in the variables in the two groups (p≥0.05).
Conclusion: Aerobic exercise with Omega-3supplementation has a significant effect on sleep quality and psychological aspects of pre-diabetic elderly and the aerobic exercise insets positive effects on quality of sleep.

Key words: Keywords: Anxiety, Sleep quality, Omega-3 supplementation.


 
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Taheri M, Irandost K, Mirmoezzi M, Ramshini M. Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Psychological Aspects and Sleep Quality in Prediabetes Elderly Women. Sleep Hypn. 2018; 21(2): 170-174.


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Taheri M, Irandost K, Mirmoezzi M, Ramshini M. Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Psychological Aspects and Sleep Quality in Prediabetes Elderly Women. https://www.sleepandhypnosis.com/?mno=302643012 [Access: June 23, 2026].


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Taheri M, Irandost K, Mirmoezzi M, Ramshini M. Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Psychological Aspects and Sleep Quality in Prediabetes Elderly Women. Sleep Hypn. 2018; 21(2): 170-174.



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Taheri M, Irandost K, Mirmoezzi M, Ramshini M. Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Psychological Aspects and Sleep Quality in Prediabetes Elderly Women. Sleep Hypn. (2018), [cited June 23, 2026]; 21(2): 170-174.



Harvard Style

Taheri, M., Irandost, . K., Mirmoezzi, . M. & Ramshini, . M. (2018) Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Psychological Aspects and Sleep Quality in Prediabetes Elderly Women. Sleep Hypn, 21 (2), 170-174.



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Taheri, Morteza, Khadijeh Irandost, Masoud Mirmoezzi, and Maryam Ramshini. 2018. Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Psychological Aspects and Sleep Quality in Prediabetes Elderly Women. Sleep and Hypnosis, 21 (2), 170-174.



Chicago Style

Taheri, Morteza, Khadijeh Irandost, Masoud Mirmoezzi, and Maryam Ramshini. "Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Psychological Aspects and Sleep Quality in Prediabetes Elderly Women." Sleep and Hypnosis 21 (2018), 170-174.



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Taheri, Morteza, Khadijeh Irandost, Masoud Mirmoezzi, and Maryam Ramshini. "Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Psychological Aspects and Sleep Quality in Prediabetes Elderly Women." Sleep and Hypnosis 21.2 (2018), 170-174. Print.



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Taheri, M., Irandost, . K., Mirmoezzi, . M. & Ramshini, . M. (2018) Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Psychological Aspects and Sleep Quality in Prediabetes Elderly Women. Sleep and Hypnosis, 21 (2), 170-174.