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Session

WR2_2_1: Abstract presentations: Active Living in Natural and Urban Environments
Location: White room 2
Session Chair: Berry van Holland

Presentation 2

10:05am - 10:15am

Changes in Well-Being, Sleep Quality, and General Health Status in Individuals Who Participated an 8 Weeks Exercise Program on City Streets and Green Areas

Saima Kuu, Triin Rääsk

Tallinn University, Estonia

Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine how much the subjective well-being, sleep quality, and general health status and work capacity of individuals who participated an 8-week exercise program change, and whether the changes depend on the training environment and gender.

Methods: The study involved 47 adults (29 women and 18 men), with an average age of 41.94±6.911, of whom 25 exercised in green areas and 22 on city streets. The World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and The Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) were used to collect data. Participants were given an exercise program for 8 weeks that required them to exercise at a moderate intensity for at least 30 minutes, 3 times a week. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to analyse the results.

Results: The WHO-5 and PSQI scores did not change significantly (p>0.05) over the 8-week period. In the SF-36 health concepts, the repeated measures ANOVA for General Health showed a statistically significant effect of time (F(1, 959.6) = 15.05, p < .001). And for the Energy/Fatigue score, there was an interaction effect of time, training environment, and gender (F(1, 1039) = 7.24, p = .010). There were no statistically significant (p>0.05) changes in the other SF-36 health concepts, and no significant (p>0,05) interactions were observed for gender and environment.

Conclusions: Even 8 weeks of exercise program leads to an improvement in general health in relatively healthy people, and exercise in green areas has a greater effect.