Abstract: Background: Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder; affecting people of all ages, with poor sleep quality being particularly common among college students. Non-pharmacological remedies are becoming increasingly important. For undergraduate physiotherapy students, academic burdens and clinical postings often contribute to poor sleep quality, which can negatively impact cognition and academic performance. Non-pharmacological remedies, such as circuit training and brain gym exercise. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of these two interventions in addressing poor sleep quality and cognition challenges in students.
Objective: To ascentain the effectiveness of circuit training and brain gym exercise on sleep and cognition in collegiate with poor sleep quality.
Method: The study design is comparative study. This study includes 30 participants selected with the age group of 18-27 years and there are selected under selection criteria. The participants were randomly divided into 2 groups which as circuit training Group A and brain gym exercise Group B respectively. The intervention of the study was 8 weeks thus 4 sessions per week of 30 minutes per session and treatment duration of 4 weeks. The participants were assessed with PSQI, ISI (poor sleep quality) RDT, SG, SC-WT (cognition) at the beginning and at the end of the 4th week.
Result: the data analysis of pre-test and post-test showed a significant outcome of reduced sleep scale and increased cognition test. Thereby it improved the overall sleep quality of the participants.
Conclusion: both CT and BG exercises improved sleep quality and cognition performance. CT showed significantly greater improvement, making it the preferred intervention for enhancing cognitive abilities in individuals with poor sleep quality. Therefore, circuit training helped in improving sleep quality as well cognition.
Keywords: Poor sleep quality, Circuit Training, Brain Gym Exercise, PSQI, ISI, RDT, SG, SC-WT.
Title: EFFECTIVENESS OF CIRCUIT TRAINING AND BRAIN GYM EXERCISE ON SLEEP AND COGNITION IN COLLEGIATES WITH POOR SLEEP QUALITY – A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Author: Dr. Arun B, Monisha S, DR. Lokesh R, Dr. Bharath M
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
Vol. 13, Issue 1, April 2025 - September 2025
Page No: 531-536
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 07-August-2025
