睡眠是老年人一個重要的健康問題，隨著年齡老化引起睡眠型態的改變，造成老 年人睡眠困擾並影響心理健康及生活品質。運動被認為是增進睡眠品質一個很好的方 式，是一種健康、安全、簡單且低成本的一種改進睡眠的治療方式。 另外，代謝症候群的盛行率隨著年齡增加而增加，其與糖尿病發生率、心血管 疾病、及全死因死亡率有高度相關性。研究發現睡眠時間長短與代謝症候群有顯 著的關係，在排除肥胖與糖尿病(代謝症候群兩個主要因子)的影響下，運動對睡眠品質 仍然有顯著的改善效果，然而此結果僅限於橫斷性研究。 由於全世界睡眠困擾與代謝症候群盛行率都在逐步增加，了解運動、睡眠困擾與 代謝症候群之關係，對於處理公共健康如高血壓、肥胖、糖尿病等相關問題將有所幫助； 本研究擬透過 3年縱向追蹤調查，並同時控制人口學變項、相關心理及健康行為 等變項，瞭解代謝症候群老年人運動與睡眠之關係。
Sleep quality is an important health issue for the elderly. The change of sleep pattern that often accompanies aging may contribute to sleep disturbance among older people and this could affect older people’s mental health and quality of life. Research suggested that a potential for exercise as a good method to improve sleep quality because it is safe, simple, healthy and low cost. Additionally, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome increases with age. Metabolic syndrome is associated with incidence of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality. Research has found a significant association between sleep duration and metabolic syndrome. After controlling variables of obesity and diabetes (two main factors of the metabolic syndrome), exercise still showed significant improvement in sleep quality. However, the results are limited to cross-sectional research. Understanding the associations among exercise, sleep disturbance and metabolic syndrome will help to provide information for dealing with public health issues, such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes, et al. this study will explore the relationship between exercise and sleep quality in older adults with metabolic syndrome controlling demographic variables, psychological factors and health related behaviors with 3-year follow up.