Alternate Nostril Breathing Training in Geriatrics With Glaucoma and High Blood Pressure

Hypertension Clinical Trial

Official title:

Ocular Hypertension Response to Alternate Nostril Breathing Training in Geriatrics With Glaucoma and High Blood Pressure

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05605743
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/004006
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 15, 2022
• Est. completion date: January 15, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Ali Ismail, lecturer
• Phone: 02 01005154209
• Email: ali.mohamed[@]pt.cu.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Hypertension, particularly if poorly controlled, appears related to an increased risk of open angle glaucoma, (the high tension type of glaucoma is characterized as optic nerve degeneration with ocular hypertension). so this study will search response of glaucoma to breathing exercise

Description:

Hypertension, particularly if poorly controlled, appears related to an increased risk of open angle glaucoma, (the high tension type of glaucoma is characterized as optic nerve degeneration with ocular hypertension). With a random assignment, sixty hypertensive geriatric with high tension type primary open angle glaucoma will be assigned to breathing exercise (alternate nostril breathing) group (n=30 geriatrics) or waiting list geriatrics. the daily breathing exercise will be performed by the geriatrics in evening (for half an hour) and morning (for half an hour).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: January 15, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 15, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• hypertensive elderly

• primary open angle glaucoma in both eyes

• ocular hypertension in both eyes

Exclusion Criteria:

acute or chronic eye inflammation cataract eye surgeries mental ill patients patients who will refuse to participate in the study other systemic /cardiovascular problem

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Glaucoma
• Glaucoma, Open-Angle
• Hypertension
• Primary Open Angle Glaucoma

Intervention

Behavioral:
• breathing exercise
Thirty hypertensive geriatric with high tension type primary open angle glaucoma will perform breathing exercise (alternate nostril breathing). The daily breathing exercise will be performed by the geriatrics in evening (for half an hour) and morning (for half an hour) for one month.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University	Giza	Dokki

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	intraoccular pressure	it will be measured in right and left eyes	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
Secondary	systolic blood pressure	it will be measured sphygmomanometer	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
Secondary	diastolic blood pressure	it will be measured sphygmomanometer	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
Secondary	heart rate	it will be measured manually	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
Secondary	respiratory rate	it will be measured manually	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
Secondary	hospital anxiety and depression scale	it contains fourteen questions. it contains two sub-scales, one for anxiety and the other for depression	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
Secondary	short form 36 survey	in general, it will assess life quality	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
Secondary	glaucoma quality of life-15 questionnaire	it will assess glaucoma-related life quality	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training