Influence of hatha yoga exercise toward female sleep quality

Abstract

The lack of knowledge about healthy lifestyles especially sleep quality is among problem in the society. The lack of sleep leads to decreasing in the sleep quality. The sleep is primary need for human being to live long lasting. The study aims to determine the influence of Hatha yoga exercise toward female sleep quality. The study was used quasi experiment design. The samples were 28 samples who met the inclusion criteria and selected with purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by using primary data collection through questionnaire based on Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and analysed by using Wilcoxon test. The result of pre-Test, post-Test 1 and post-Test 2 found significant score (p=0.000) that showed increasing score of sleep quality. hence, there was influence of Hatha yoga exercise toward female sleep quality.