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Prevalence of Sedentary Behaviors and Sleep Duration among Saudi Soccer Players

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Exercise Physiology sport Physiology

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate sedentary behavior (SB) among Saudi soccer players. Ninety-six soccer players (age 17.0 ± 1.0 years; body mass, 60.5 ± 9.3 kg; height, 168.0 ± 6.6 cm) participated in this study. A self-reported questionnaire was used to assess SB (time spent watching television, Electronic games, and internet use). The mean total screen time among the soccer players was 304.6 min/day. Seventy-nine per cent of soccer players spent > 2 h/day in screened-based SB. Use of electronic games use was the predominant SB among soccer players (128.4 ± 114.9 min/day), followed by time spent watching TV (114.3 ± 92.2 min/day). Average sleep duration of soccer players during weekdays and weekends were 7.3 ± 1.4 and 7.7 ± 1.6 h/night, respectively. Approximately 27% of soccer players had insufficient sleep (< 7 h/night) during the week and 20% of them had insufficient sleep at the weekends. SB was evident in this group of Saudi soccer players, and more than a quarter of studied soccer players had insufficient sleep. The effect of prolonged SB and insufficient sleep duration may impair health and the performance of soccer players.

DOI

10.21608/isjpes.2022.138533.1080

Keywords

Sport, football players, Physical Inactivity, sedentary lifestyle

Authors

First Name

Mohammad

Last Name

Alahmadi

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Department Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Email

doctoralahmadi@gmail.com

City

Madinah

Orcid

2020-04-07 UTC

First Name

Khalid

Last Name

Almasoud

MiddleName

Hamdan

Affiliation

Department Physical Education and Sport Sciences, College of Education, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Email

masahmadi@taibahu.edu.sa

City

Madinah

Orcid

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Volume

11

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

38832

Issue Date

2023-01-01

Receive Date

2022-08-27

Publish Date

2023-01-01

Page Start

60

Page End

68

Print ISSN

2356-9565

Online ISSN

2356-9573

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https://isjpes.journals.ekb.eg/article_260811.html

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Original Article

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825

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Journal

Publication Title

The International Scientific Journal of Physical Education and Sport Sciences

Publication Link

https://isjpes.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Prevalence of Sedentary Behaviors and Sleep Duration among Saudi Soccer Players

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Created At

22 Jan 2023