Health Condition 1: null- Patients implanted with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: YOGA: Yoga intervention will be performed at the Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research (CIMR) at AIIMS, New Delhi. Along with the standard medical therapy, patients assigned to t
Sponsors
MINISTRY OF AYUSH
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients between 18to 60 years of age 2. ICD implanted at least 8 weeks prior 3. Willing to participate in Yoga 4. NYHA Class I or II symptoms 5. Deemed ready to participate by their physician.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Contraindications to Yoga 2. Advanced heart failure (NYHA Class III/IV) 3. Pregnancy 4. Patients already practicing regular Yoga or receiving any other alternative medicine for the same desired effect
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. ICDs/ CRT-Ds burden of ventricular arrhythmia will be assessed from device interrogation. 2. Florida Shock Anxiety Scale (FSAS) will be used to access the shock anxiety 3. Zung self-assessment anxiety score (SAS) 4. Zung self-assessment depression score (SDS) 5. Quality of Life outcomes will be measured using the WHO QoL BREF questionnaire. Timepoint: Data collection will be done at baseline, 12 weeks & 6 months in person at the hospital. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Florida Patient Acceptance Survey (FPAS) will be used to access the acceptance of the ICD device by the patient 2. Mental stress will be assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) 3. A log book will be used to evaluate the frequency of hospital visit and need of drug regimen modification Timepoint: 6 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Nitish Naik
All india institute of medical sciences
Outcome results
None listed