Health Condition 1: F400- Agoraphobia Health Condition 2: F419- Anxiety disorder, unspecified Health Condition 3: F411- Generalized anxiety disorder Health Condition 4: F413- Other mixed anxiety disorders Health Condition 5: F408- Other phobic anxiety disorders Health Condition 6: F418- Other specified anxiety disorders Health Condition 7: F410- Panic disorder [episodic paroxysmal anxiety] Health Condition 8: F409- Phobic anxiety disorder, unspecified Health Condition 9: F401- Social phobias Hea
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Yoga (slow pranayama and savasana) therapy will be given.: 8 weeks of yoga (slow pranayama and savasana) therapy will be given as intervention along with routine psychiatric care. Struc
Sponsors
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients diagnosed with any of the anxiety disorder (specific phobia, panic disorder, agarophobia, generalised anxiety disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, other specified anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, anxiety disorder due to other medical conditions, substance or medication induced anxiety disorder) who are stable with routine standard treatment for anxiety disorder from psychiatry OPD. Able to read and understand English or Tamil. Willing to practice pranayama and savasana.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Known case of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiac diseases, renal disease, autonomic dysfunction, pulmonary disorder. Known case of other psychiatric illness. Patients who underwent yoga therapy in the past.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To study the cardiac autonomic functions in patients with anxiety disorders. To study the effect of slow pranayama and savasana on cardiac autonomic functions in anxiety disorders. Improvement in autonomic Function Test parameters like time and frequency domain indices of HRV. blood pressure variability, BRS, HR and BP response to standing, HR response to deep breathing, BP response to isometric hand grip is expected.Timepoint: baseline and at the end of 8 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in anxiety symptoms , general well being and biochemical markers (serum cortisol, BDNF, IL-6, hs CRP, insulin, blood glucose and lipid profile) is expected in anxiety disorder patients undergoing yoga therapy along with routine psychiatric care.Timepoint: baseline and at the end of 8 weeks. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Kavitha
JIPMER
Outcome results
None listed