Effectiveness Of Alternate Nostrils Breathing And Slow Deep Breathing On Physical fitness, Pulmonary Function, Smoking Urges and Quality of life In Male Sedentary Smokers.

A study to compare the effectiveness of alternate nostrils breathing and slow deep breathing on physical fitness, pulmonary function, smoking urges and quality of life in male sedentary smokers. - ANB SDB

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2021/06/034279

Enrollment

100

Registered

2021-06-17

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-03-04

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Alternate Nostrils Breathing: 15 minutes every day for 4 weeks. Control Intervention1: Alternate Nostrils Breathing: 4 weeks of Alternate Nostrils Breathing on Physical fitness, Pulmona

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Male subjects between the age group of 25-55 years. 2.Smokers who smoke a minimum of 1 cigarette/day for at least 10 years and still use cigarettes. 3.They must have a sedentary lifestyle as no leisure-time physical activity or activities done for less than 20 minutes or fewer than 3 times per week.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Incapable of realizing the protocol of respiratory exercises. 2.Difficulty in completing the evaluation of pulmonary function. 3.Any known pulmonary, cardiac pathologies, musculoskeletal disorders or recent surgery. 4.Diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled hypertension, activity restriction due to disease, significant arthritis.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Physical fitness, Pulmonary Function, Smoking Urges and Quality of life.Timepoint: outcomes will be assessed at baseline and after 4 weeks	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
12 Min Walk Test, (FVC) forced vital capacity forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC ratio. RAND 36 –Item health survey 1.0 scales: eight dimensions of HRQoL. Brief Questionnaire On Smoking Urges (QSU-Brief)Timepoint: 0 DAY AND 28 DAY	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDR HEMANG S JANI

Saurashtra University Rajkot Gujarat

hemangkumarjani@gmail.com9033762190

Outcome results