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

NCT05651854 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Pranayama on hypertension
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Hypertension; Stress; Aging Problems

Keywords

pranayama; quality of life; blood pressure; physical activity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• cortisol

  serum cortisol level

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Nitric oxide

  3 months

• systolic blood pressure

  3 months

• diastolic blood pressure

  3 months

• 30 seconds sit to stand test

  3 months

• SF12 quality of life questionnaire

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Bhramari pranayama breathing

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Other: pranayama breathing

Sheetali pranayama breathing

EXPERIMENTAL

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).

Other: pranayama breathing

Interventions

pranayama breathing OTHER

Bhramari and sheetali pranayama breathing

Bhramari pranayama breathing; Sheetali pranayama breathing

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• \- 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.
• Patients with history, symptoms of, and/or laboratory reports suggestive of renal, neurologic, or hepatic complications.
• Patients who have difficulty in rolling the tongue for Sheetali practice as stroke or Bell's palsy.
• Tongue swelling in case of acromegaly, amyloidosis, Myxedema and tongue cancer.
• Tongue pain in case of diabetic neuropathy, mouth ulcers, oral cancer and burn in the mouth.
• Chronic smokers and alcoholics. 7- Severe ear infections that interfere with bhramari breathing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Dokki, Giza Governorate, 12613, Egypt

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypertension; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Behavior

Study Officials

• Nesreen Elnahas, professor doctor

  Cairo University

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

salma elsheikh, assistant lecturer

CONTACT

01118254965; selsheikh25@yahoo.com

Ali Esmail, lecturer

CONTACT

01005154209; ali.mohamed@pt.cu.edu.eg

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: patients are assigned randomly in groups
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: 7 ahmed elzayyat st, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 7, 2022
• First Posted: December 15, 2022
• Study Start: September 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: February 15, 2023
• Study Completion: February 28, 2023
• Last Updated: February 22, 2023

Record last verified: 2022-12

Locations

EG (1)