健康的睡眠對人們身體與心理幸福感是必要的，研究發現睡眠不佳是許多疾病的症狀， 例如：增加憂鬱症、糖尿病、心血管疾病、肥胖、以及死亡的風險。人類因為年齡老化， 造成個人睡眠型態與睡眠結構的生理變化，對老年人造成相當程度的睡眠困擾，而且可能 影響他們的身體與心理健康。 運動是一種較安全，成本較低，且極少出現副作用的一種增進睡眠品質的治療方式， 另外，還可能額外帶來其他身心方面的好處。過去研究主要係探討中高強度運動與睡眠品 質之關係，對於低強度身體活動與睡眠品質的研究則較少見，然而，老年人身體活動的主 要形式為低強度的身體活動；因此，探討低強度身體活動對老年人睡眠品質之影響將有助 於提供促進老年族群身體活動與健康老化之相關資訊。 為了深入了解這些議題，本研究擬於三年內分三階段進行，研究方法擬採用問卷調查 法與實驗設計。第一階段將實施橫斷性問卷調查法，藉以了解不同強度之身體活動與睡眠 品質之關係；第二年，將採取實驗介入，進一步探討走路運動介入對老年人睡眠品質的影 響；最後，在第三年時，進行後續長期追蹤研究的問卷調查，然後，再選取經常坐著不太 活動的老年人進行太鼓運動的實驗介入。
Healthy sleep is necessary to people’s health and well-being. Poor sleep quality has been found to be associated with several illness, such as depression, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and overall mortality. The change of sleep pattern among older adults may contribute to sleep disturbance and this could affect their physical and mental health. Exercise has been suggested to be one of the means to improve sleep quality since it is relatively safe, is low cost, has infrequent side effects, and has several other health benefits. However, previous research has mainly focused on the effects/associations between moderate-vigorous exercise/physical activity and sleep quality. Studies examining the effects of light physical activity on sleep quality is limited, whereas light physical activity is the main activity of daily life among older adults. Exploring the effects of light physical activity on sleep quality in older adults will help to provide information for promotion physical active and healthy aging among this group. In older to gain insights into these issues, the current study will adopt questionnaire survey and experimental design into three phase within three years. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey will be conducted to understand the associations between different intensities of physical activity and sleep quality at the first phase. In the second year, an intervention study will be carried out to further explore the effects of walking on sleep quality. Finally, a follow-up questionnaire survey will be conducted in the third year. Then, another intervention study of Taiko drumming will be carried out among sedentary older adults.