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Impact of Breathing Exercises and Meditation on Quality of Life in Dry Eye Disease Patients: A Pilot Study

NCT03345381 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2019-06-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People staring at computer screens for long hours, blinking less frequently, or having long-term contact lens wear are prone to dry eye disease (DED). DED is a multifactorial disease accompanied by inflammation of the ocular surface. Further, DED may degrade vision and is associated with depression and have an adverse impact on patient's quality of life. Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) incorporates standardized collection of breathing techniques followed by Automatic Self Transcending Meditation (ASTM) may help reduce stress, depression, and anxiety, enhance quality of life in patients diagnosed with DED. Thus, the investigators will be studying the effect of SKY plus ASTM on quality of life of DED patients. The investigators plan to conduct a single-center pilot RCT. Patients with DED will be randomized to SKY followed by ASTM plus Usual care (UC) or UC alone to assess changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL). HRQOL is a vital construct focusing on impact of health on quality of life. Along with HRQOL the investigators will measure changes in extent of depression and anxiety. Additionally, majority of current ophthalmic literature describes changes in clinical variables whilst lacking information on HRQOL. Thus, there is a high necessity to assess if there is an association between HRQOL and routinely measured clinical data. Through this study the investigators shall attempt to correlate HRQOL with clinical data.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

SKY + ASTM + usual care

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) followed by Automatic Self Transcending Meditation (ASTM) involves breathing exercise followed by meditation.

OTHER

Usual care

Treatment as usual

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Monali Malvankar · University of Western Ontario, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-07-01
Primary Completion
2020-09-01
Completion
2020-12-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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