Time spent in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep: Associations with self-rated sleep quality in middle-aged and older adults.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: We examined the associations of estimated allocations of time spent in physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep with self-rated sleep quality. METHODS: Between 2011 and 2016, 1918 participants (mean age 71 ± 9 years, 51% women) from the population-based Rotterdam Study were included. Durations of light physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep were assessed by accelerometry, self-rated sleep quality with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Associations were assessed with compositional isotemporal substitution analyses. RESULTS: Spending 30 minutes more in sedentary behavior (adjusted mean difference in PSQI score 0.21, 95% confidence interval [0.15; 0.28] or in light physical activity (adjusted mean difference in PSQI score 0.25 [0.03; 0.46], and 30 minutes less in sleep, was associated with poorer sleep quality. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest reducing sedentary behavior and increasing sleep duration might be a potential intervention target to improve sleep quality in this population of middle-aged and older adults.