Health Condition 1: null- Gestational hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Intervention - Yoga: Total duration of yoga sessions- 20weeks
Supervised yoga sessions will be conducted for 30 minutes per day, once in a month when the study participants come for ant
Sponsors
Jawaharlal Institute of Post graduate Medical Education and Research JIPMER
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Pregnant women at risk of developing hypertension (any one of the following criteria) i. Family history of hypertension (first degree relatives) ii. Hypertension or eclampsia in sisters, mothers or aunts. iii. All primigravida iv. Hypertension in previous pregnancy v. Extremes of reproductive age vi. Body mass index (BMI) >35 kg/m2 vii. Multiple pregnancy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria : i. Patients undergoing any kind of yoga therapy and/or structured exercises ii. Patients who are not fit for practicing yoga which includes mental illness, neurological illness, musculoskeletal problems iii. Those who are not willing to deliver in JIPMER iv. Recurrent pregnancy loss will be excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Twenty weeks of yoga therapy is expected to decrease the incidence of new onset hypertension in pregnant women who are at risk of developing gestational hypertensionTimepoint: Yoga intervention will be given for 20 weeks. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Twenty weeks of yoga therapy in pregnant women who are at risk of developing gestational hypertension is expected to improve cardiovascular autonomic functions, fetal and maternal outcomes, reduce oxidate stress marker (Malondialdehyde) fasting blood glucose, insulin resistance, lipid risk factors, inflammatory markers (hsCRP, IL-6), endothelial dysfunction marker (Nitric oxide) Timepoint: Yoga intervention will be given for 20 weeks. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr G K Pal
Jawaharlal Institute of Post graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
Outcome results
None listed