Document Type
Article
DOI
10.71071/JAM/v12i1.1.8
Abstract
Background: Sleep is essential for maintaining physical fitness and overall health, as it helps the body recover from intense physical activity and maintains endurance. Physical fitness is determined by heredity, gender, age, body composition, activity, and exercise. Adequate sleep positively impacts overall health, while poorer sleep can negatively affect the body. Teenagers often prefer excessive screen time and oversleep, which can affect their sleep quality. Physical fitness is related to physical activity, and the more often an individual engages in physical activities, the better their fitness. This condition can also impact reproductive health, as hormonal disorders can affect the menstrual cycle. Reproductive health is influenced by social, mental, and physical well-being, and sleep quality can directly or indirectly impact these characteristics.
Objective: This quantitative study explored the relationship between sleep quality and fitness in adolescents and the menstrual cycle. This study aimed to correlate the menstrual cycle of female vocational high school students in Singosari, Malang Regency, to factors such as fitness, physical activity level, and sleep quality.
Methodology: The method used is correlational research, by connecting several variables. The sample size was 59 female high school students (age range 12 to 15 years), and three instruments were used to measure each variable: the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Tes Kesegaran Jasmani Indonesia (TKJI), and the menstrual cycle assessment instrument.
Results: Most respondents had poor physical fitness (88.1%), an abnormal menstrual cycle (59.3%), and poor sleep quality (61.0%). The relationship between sleep quality and menstrual cycle was significant, with 29.2% of respondents with normal menstrual cycles having poor sleep quality. Additionally, 82.9% had abnormal menstrual cycles and poor sleep quality. Physical fitness had no significant relationship with the menstrual cycle.
Conclusion: Sleep is a set of dynamic behavioral and physiological states regulated during important processes for health and well-being. However, thefemale students who participated in this study reported they experience sleep disorders health problems, associated with reproductive hormones.
Recommended Citation
Saputra, S A, Azidin, R F, Puriastuti, A C, Amelia, D, Hasanah, Z, & Renawati, A. The relationship between sleep quality and physical fitness toward the menstrual cycle in high school students. Journal of Asian Midwives. 2025;12(1):67–74.
