Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Conditions
Brief summary
stress vulnerability is very common in lupus patients, specifically women, hence the rates of depression , insomnia, easy fatigue perception, anxiety are high in those women. pranayama is a yogic intervention that may treat the above problems
Detailed description
lupus patients, specifically 40 women, will divided to group number 1 and group number 2. the women in every group will be 20 women. Group number 1 will receive home-based ujjayi pranayama for six weeks (fifteen minutes in the morning and 15 min in the evening, this training will be online supervised). The group number 2 will not receive Ujjayi pranayama, so it serves as control lupus group
Interventions
BEHAVIORALUjjayi pranayama
this group will receive home-based daily ujjayi pranayama for six weeks (fifteen minutes in the morning and 15 min in the evening, this training will be online supervised).
Sponsors
Badr University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
35 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 40 lupus women
Exclusion criteria
* lupus co-morbidities * illiteracy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| serum cortisol | it will be measured after 6 weeks | it will be taken from women at morning |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| State Trait Anxiety Inventory | it will be measured after 6 weeks | it is a questionnaire assessing Trait Anxiety |
| diastolic blood pressure | it will be measured after 6 weeks | it will be assessed by manual sphygmomanometer |
| systolic blood pressure | it will be measured after 6 weeks | it will be assessed by manual sphygmomanometer |
| pulse rate | it will be measured after 6 weeks | it is number of heart pulsation in minute |
| respiratory rate | it will be measured after 6 weeks | it is number of respiration in minute |
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index | it will be measured after 6 weeks | it is a questionnaire assessing sleeping quality |
| Fatigue severity scale | it will be measured after 6 weeks | it is a questionnaire assessing fatigue severity |
| Beck Depression Inventory | it will be measured after 6 weeks | it is a questionnaire assessing depression |
| Stress Vulnerability Scale | it will be measured after 6 weeks | it is a questionnaire assessing Stress Vulnerability |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary Contactmariam El Ebrashy, lecturer
Outcome results
None listed