None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Nil: Nil
Intervention2: Nil: Nil
Sponsors
Ch. Brahm Prakash Ayurved Charak Sansthan
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Healthy volunteers with no known chronic respiratory illness (as per self-report and screening) 2.Resident in the area for at least one year 3.Willing to give informed consent and undergo spirometry 4. Persons not taking any medication for respiratory complaints for past 3-4 months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.History of smoking (current or past) 2.Known cases of asthma, COPD, tuberculosis, or other chronic respiratory illnesses 3. Recent acute respiratory infections 4. Individuals with known occupational exposure to dust, smoke, chemicals or industrial pollutants 5. Individuals with other systemic illness or any co-morbidity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the association between Dehaprakrithi and FEV1 values among healthy individuals exposed to short-term ambient air pollution, assessed at baseline and after 4 months of exposure during the high pollution periodTimepoint: Baseline and after completion of 4 months exposure period | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prakrithi based variations in pulmonary function & support the development of individualised preventive strategies based on prakrithiTimepoint: Baseline & after completion of 4 months exposure period | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactProf Dr M B Gaur
Ch.Brahm Prakash Ayurved Charak Sansthan
Outcome results
None listed