Author(s): Priyanka Yadav and Nagma Parveen

Abstract:
The investigator after a thorough study on the subject matter was motivated to undertake a study entitled “A Study on Sleep Quality Index of Male and Female Swimmers of Delhi. The objective of the Study was to compare between male and female swimmers of Delhi in regard to selected sleep quality index variables. The study was delimited to 40 swimmers age ranged from 14 to 21 years (25 male swimmers and 15 female swimmers of Delhi) state level Swimmers as Sample. Limitations of the study was questionnaire study. The hypothesis of the study was that. “There will be significant sleep differences between Male and Female Swimmers age ranging from 14 to 21 years in regard to selected sleep quality variables”. Keeping in mind the scope of the study three questionnaire or scale were administered namely Pittsburgh sleep quality (index-A), Pittsburgh sleep quality (index-B) and Pittsburgh insomnia rating scale, following variables were selected Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI-A) included the following variables namely sleep quality (SQ), sleep latency (SL), sleep duration (SD), habitual sleep efficiency (HSE), sleep disturbance (S.DIS), use of sleep medication (USM), daytime dysfunction (DTD), roommate (RM), total sleep score (T), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI-B) included the following variables namely sleep quality (SQ), sleep latency (SL), sleep duration (SD), habitual sleep efficiency (HSE), sleep disturbance (S.DIS), use of sleep medication (USM), daytime dysfunction (DTD), total sleep score (T) and Pittsburgh insomnia rating scale (PIRS) included the following variables namely distress score (DT), sleep parameters score (SPS), quality of life score (QLS) and total sleep score (TSS).The data was collected through personal visits by the scholar to the practice swimming pool (Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool, Talkatora, Delhi). The properly filled questionnaires (administrated 32 questionnaires) were scored in accordance with the scoring key available. The scores were then tabulated in a tabular format for further statistical analysis. The data was analyzed with the help of descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and the comparison between male and female swimmers were performed by computing ‘t’-test at 0.05 level of significance for testing of hypothesis.

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