Quality of life analysis, body image perception and sleepiness aspects of tennis coaches from Campo Grande

• Autor(a) principal: Leite, Eliezer Vieira
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Cieslak, Fabrício, Silva, Carolina Fernandes, Balbinotti, Carlos Adelar Abaide, Cortela, Caio Corrêa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Qualidade de Vida
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.utfpr.edu.br/rbqv/article/view/3881

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate QOL, daytime sleepiness and body image perception of professionals working with the tennis sport in the city of Campo Grande/MS. METHODS: The study sample consisted of 20 tennis coaches (40.6 ± 8.7 years) with experience in professional practice in the modality (17.7 ± 8.8 years), in the city of Campo Grande - MS. As instruments were used: a survey record of sociodemographic variables; the WHOQOL-Bref; the Epworth Sleepiness Scale; and the Silhouettes Scale Body Image. Data collection took place in person, in the coaches workplace. Through Microsoft Excel 2010 software were carried out frequency calculations, central tendency and dispersion measures.RESULTS: The results show that the coaches have a satisfactory QOL (72.26). The Social Relations domain showed the highest value (76.67), while the Environment domain (67.03) was the only one to show values below and observed the overall QOL. The results of the Epworth indicated that 45,00% of coaches showed sleep disorders associated with excessive daytime sleepiness. Only three coaches reported being satisfied with their body image.CONCLUSIONS: The coaches from Campo Grande showed satisfactory levels of QOL. Among the professionals who showed changes in sleep, it was observed that the amount of hours of sleep per night was lower than recommended in the literature for the age group. Finally, it was found that most of the coaches dissatisfied with body image overweight and / or obesity.