Effect of Menstrual Pain on Sleep Quality and Anaerobic Performance

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the effect of menstrual pain on sleep quality and anaerobic performance in women and the relationship between menstrual symptoms, sleep quality, and anaerobic performance. The study consisted of 22 (20.64 ± 1.91 years) healthy young women. The participants were divided into two groups according to their verbal expressions as menstruating with pain (n=11) and menstruating without pain (n=11). The study used a calendar-based counting method reported by women and an ovulation prediction kit to determine urinary LH surge. After the menstrual cycle phases were determined, Wingate anaerobic performance test measurements were applied to the participants in three phases (late follicle, ovulation and mid-luteal phase). Besides, the Pittsburgh sleep quality index was used to determine women’s sleep quality, and the menstrual symptom scale was used to measure menstrual symptoms. Mann-Whitney U test, one of the non-parametric tests, was used in the data analysis. In statistical analysis, the level of significance was accepted as p < 0.05. Spearman correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between menstrual pain, sleep quality and anaerobic performance. As a result, the average sleep quality of the participants was higher than the painless group. Menstrual symptom scale "pain symptoms", and "coping methods" scores and menstrual symptom scale total scores differed between the groups. The study found that the power drop score, one of the anaerobic performance scores, differed between the groups in the mid-luteal phase. As a result of the correlation test, menstrual pain and sleep quality were associated with anaerobic performance.

Keywords

• Exercise
• Menstrual cycle
• Menstrual symptoms
• Sleep quality

Menstrual Ağrının, Uyku Kalitesi ve Anaerobik Performans Üzerine Etkisi

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı kadınlarda menstruel ağrının, uyku kalitesi ve anaerobik performans üzerindeki etkisini ve menstruel semptomler ile uyku kalitesi ve anaerobik performans arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Çalışma 22 (20.64 ± 1.91 yıl) sağlıklı genç kadından oluşmuştur. Katılımcılar sözlü ifadelerine göre ağrılı (n=11) ve ağrısız (n=11) adet görenler olarak iki gruba ayrılmıştır. Çalışmada, kadınlar tarafından bildirilen takvime dayalı sayma yöntemi ve idrar LH dalgalanmasını belirlemek için bir ovulasyon tahmin kiti kullanılmıştır. Menstruel siklus evreleri belirlendikten sonra Wingate anaerobik performans testi ölçümleri katılımcılara üç fazda (geç folikül, ovulasyon ve mid-luteal faz) uygulanmıştır. Aynı zamanda kadınların uyku kalitesini belirlemek için Pittsburgh uyku kalitesi indeksi, adet semptomlarını ölçmek için menstruel semptom ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde parametrik olmayan testlerden biri olan Mann-Whitney U testi uygulanmıştır. İstatistiksel analizde anlamlılık düzeyi p < 0,05 olarak kabul edilmiştir. Menstruel ağrı ile uyku kalitesi ve anaerobik performans arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemek için Spearman korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre katılımcıların ortalama uyku kalitesinin ağrısız gruba göre daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Menstruel semptom ölçeği “ağrı belirtileri”, “başa çıkma yöntemleri” puanları ve menstruel semptom ölçeği toplam puanının gruplar arasında farklılık gösterdiği saptanmıştır. Çalışmada, anaerobik performans skorlarından biri olan yorgunluk indeksi skorunun orta luteal fazda gruplar arasında farklılık gösterdiği bulunmuştur. Korelasyon testi sonuçlarına göre ise menstrual ağrının ve uyku kalitesinin anaerobik performans ile ilişkili olduğu görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Adet döngüsü
• Adet semptom
• Egzersiz
• Uyku kalitesi

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