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The Effect of Pranayama Exercise

NCT06822244 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-02-12

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Summary

Objective: This randomized controlled experimental study aimed to investigate the effects of pranayama exercises on vital signs, anxiety, fear of death, and sleep quality in patients who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction.

Materials and Methods: The study sample consisted of 80 patients diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction who were hospitalized in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit of Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Hospital The patients were randomly assigned to either the experimental (n=40) or control group (n=40) using a computer-based randomization method. Data collection tools included the Personal Information Form, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Death Anxiety Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Conditions

  • Pranayama
  • Exercise
  • Anxiety
  • Death
  • Sleep

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Pranayama exercise

The people in the pranayama experimental group were first informed about the practice (At the deepest point of the breath, the left nostril is closed with the index finger of the right hand and exhaled through the right nostril. When it reaches the deepest point, close the nostril with the thumb and exhale through the left nostril. At least 3 more rounds are continued in this way. one Pranayama session (approximately 30 minutes). The people in the experimental group were taught pranayama exercises during the application and were given a brochure with written instructions on home application and were info

BEHAVIORAL

normal breathing

normal breathing 20 breath per min

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul Medeniyet University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-12-20
Primary Completion
2024-11-23
Completion
2024-12-20

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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Diseases

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