Effect of Different Pranayama Breathing Techniques on Quality of Life in Hypertensive Patients

NCT ID: NCT05651854

Last Updated: 2023-02-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-02-28

Brief Summary

The purpose of the current study is to compare between the effect of Bhramari pranayama versus Sheetali pranayama on quality of life in hypertensive patients.

Detailed Description

People with hypertension have poorer sleep quality, less physical activity and more psychological stress than those with normal blood pressure. It has been shown that sleep affects vitality and health status and that sleep problems affect daily functioning and QOL, and so it can be assumed that in patients with hypertension, sleep problems will have a negative effect on QOL (Uchmanowicz et al., 2019).

Yogic breathing exercises are known as Pranayamas and are considered a form of meditation in itself, as well as a preparation for deep meditation. They promote physical well-being and self-awareness, improve lung and cognitive capacities, reduce blood pressure, anxiety, and other psychosomatic patterns, probably by increasing the parasympathetic tone. Pranayama alone has demonstrated numerous beneficial health effects, including stress relief, beneficial cardiovascular effect, improved respiratory function, and enhanced cognition (Jayawardena et al.,2020 ).

Since there is no study examined effect of Bhramari versus Sheetali on quality of life, physical fitness and stress in hypertensive elderly, this study aimed to examine this comparison.

Conditions

Hypertension; Stress; Aging Problems

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Bhramari pranayama breathing

Bhrāmarī Prāṇāyāma breathing involves inhalation through both nostrils and producing humming sound of a bee while exhaling (Nivethitha et al., 2016).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

pranayama breathing

Intervention Type: OTHER

Bhramari and sheetali pranayama breathing

Sheetali pranayama breathing

Sheetali pranayama involve inhalation through extension of the tongue outside the mouth and roll the sides of the tongue up so that it would form a tube. At the end of inhalation, the tongue is drawn in, mouth is closed and exhale through the nose (Thanalakshmi et al., 2014).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

pranayama breathing

Intervention Type: OTHER

Bhramari and sheetali pranayama breathing

Interventions

pranayama breathing

Bhramari and sheetali pranayama breathing

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Sixty elderly are selected from both sexes. 2-Their age ranges from 60-75 years old. 3-Hypertensive patients (SBP is 140 -159 mmHg and/or DBP is 90-99 mmHg).

4-Their body mass index (BMI) ranged from < 30kg/m2. 5-All patients are medically stable.

Exclusion Criteria

• - patients with cardiac problems e.g. atrial fibrillation, left bundle-branch block, heart failure, Recent myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, or participation in cardiac rehabilitation following bypass surgery.

2- Patients with history, symptoms of, and/or laboratory reports suggestive of renal, neurologic, or hepatic complications.

3-Patients who have difficulty in rolling the tongue for Sheetali practice as stroke or Bell's palsy.

4- Tongue swelling in case of acromegaly, amyloidosis, Myxedema and tongue cancer.

5- Tongue pain in case of diabetic neuropathy, mouth ulcers, oral cancer and burn in the mouth.

6- Chronic smokers and alcoholics. 7- Severe ear infections that interfere with bhramari breathing.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Salma Elsayed Mohammed Elsheikh

7 ahmed elzayyat st, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Nesreen Elnahas, professor doctor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Cairo University

Locations

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Dokki, Giza Governorate, Egypt

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Egypt

Central Contacts

salma elsheikh, assistant lecturer

Role: CONTACT

selsheikh25@yahoo.com

01118254965

Ali Esmail, lecturer

Role: CONTACT

ali.mohamed@pt.cu.edu.eg

01005154209

Facility Contacts

Salma Elsheikh

Role: primary

selsheikh25@yahoo.com

Other Identifiers

Pranayama on hypertension

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id