Health Condition 1: H401- Open-angle glaucoma Health Condition 2: null- Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Enrollment in Mindfulness based stress reduction course of glaucoma patients: Intervention group shall undergo mindfulness based stress reduction course for a period of 2 weeks at Integ
Sponsors
Dr Brajesh Lahri
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients of early to moderate primary open-angle glaucoma (acc to HPA classification) with IOP 21mmHg or less 2. Visual Acuity (Better eye) > or equal to 6/18 3. Patients should be 40-80 years of age Conversant in Hindi or English 4. Willing to attend/perform the course of meditation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients having other co-morbid ocular conditions other than glaucoma contributing to the visual loss. 2. Patients having chronic systemic diseases that could significantly affect quality of life 3. Patients with any ocular surgery in previous 3 months 4. Patients on medical therapy for any other disease 5. Patients already practising yoga or meditation in any form 6. Patients who are deaf or communication impaired or with subnormal mentation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Effect of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction on optic disc perfusion using OCT Angiography patients with primary open angle glaucomaTimepoint: Optic Nerve Head Blood flow will be assessed at the baseline and then Primary Outcomes will be assessed at the end of 6 weeks of intervention, i.e. after both groups have practiced Mindfulness based Stress Reduction(i.e Yoga) for 6 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Intra Ocular Pressure 2. Brain Oxygenation ( Functional Near Infrared Spectrroscopy) 3. Serum Cortisol 4. Quality of Life (DASS-21)QuestionnaireTimepoint: 2 years | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Brajesh Lahri
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS New Delhi
Outcome results
None listed