Avaliação do cronotipo e fatores associados em estudantes de educação física durante o ensino remoto na Universidade Pública do Norte do Tocantins

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the chronotype of students of the Physical Education Course during remote teaching at a public university in the north of Tocantins, associating it with sociodemographic factors, anxiety and depression, quality of sleep. Crosssectional and analytical study in which 68 students enrolled in the 2021.2 semester participated. Questionnaires with sociodemographic data were applied, the Munich Chronotype Questionnaire to identify chronotypes; To assess sleep quality, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used; and, finally, the Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventory for assessing mental disorders. Pearson's chi-square tests were used for data analysis. 55.9% of 1 Acadêmico do Curso de Licenciatura em Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins, Centro de Educação, Humanidades e Saúde de Tocantinópolis. E-mail: edivan.brandao@mail.uft.edu.br 2 Docente do Curso de Licenciatura em Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins, Centro de Educação, Humanidades e Saúde de Tocantinópolis. E-mail: filipe@uft.edu.br the participants were female with chronotype: intermediate 30.9%, morning 13.2% and afternoon 11.8%. Singles (79.4%) chronotype: intermediate 45.6%, morning 22.1%, afternoon 11.8%. With children (25.0%) with chronotype: intermediate 10.3%, afternoon 8.8%, morning 5.9%. Residents of Tocantins (85.3%) chronotype: intermediate 44.1%, morning 23.5%, afternoon 17.6%. With two or more people with the same degree of kinship (79.4%) chronotype: intermediate 42.6% afternoon 19.2%, morning 17.6%. Catholics (61.8%) chronotype: intermediate 38.2%, morning 11.8%, afternoon 11.8%. Without income (45.5%) chronotype: afternoon 20.6%, morning 16.2%, morning 8.8%. It was possible to verify that the chronotypes are directly related to the quality of sleep and that students diagnosed with depression and anxiety had a more pronounced poor quality of sleep. It was also possible to observe that people of the afternoon chronotype had a higher prevalence of anxiety and depression.