Meta-Analysis of Aerobic Exercise Effects on Sleep Quality in Older Adults

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 12 randomized controlled trials, published up to September 30, 2025, investigating the impact of aerobic exercise on sleep quality in older adults with sleep problems. The study, authored by Hongyi Liao and registered in PROSPERO, reports a significant positive effect (SMD = -0.98) and analyzes intervention parameters like frequency, duration, and period.

Use Cases

• Informing clinical exercise prescription guidelines based on reported intervention frequency, duration, and period parameters.
• Supporting systematic review methodologies for aggregating evidence from randomized controlled trials.
• Developing health management strategies for older adults based on the reported positive effect size (SMD).

Strengths

• Analysis is based on 12 randomized controlled trials identified from 2,752 initial records.
• Provides a specific standardized mean difference (SMD = -0.98) with a 95% confidence interval.
• Includes subgroup analyses on exercise intervention parameters (frequency, duration, period).

Limitations

• The dataset is a 46.9 KB DOCX document; the underlying tabular data from the meta-analysis is not directly accessible.
• Column-level documentation for any included tables is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the text.
• Row count for any underlying data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for direct computational use.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Hongyi Liao.

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and EBSCO.

Time Range

Studies published up to September 30, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:45:45.

Geography

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