Table 4 Changes in sleep quality before and after two weeks of ordination in Thai monks.

From: Buddhist ordination as a culturally embedded model for improving diet, body composition, and sleep quality in overweight and obese adults

Parameters

Before ordination

2 weeks ordination

P-value

Subjective sleep quality

1.23 ± 0.09

0.96 ± 0.09*

0.029

Sleep latency

1.38 ± 0.13

0.90 ± 0.13*

< 0.001

Sleep duration

1.10 ± 0.12

1.42 ± 0.10*

0.023

Sleep efficiency

0.52 ± 0.14

0.35 ± 0.09

0.201

Sleep disturbances

1.31 ± 0.08

1.17 ± 0.07

0.070

Use of sleeping medication

0.15 ± 0.07

0.15 ± 0.08

1.000

Daytime dysfunction

1.13 ± 0.10

1.15 ± 0.10

0.881

PSQI score

6.88 ± 0.41

6.10 ± 0.33*

0.046

  1. Results are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM), n = 52. * indicates a statistically significant difference compared to baseline (before ordination), with P-value < 0.05 based on paired samples t-test.
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