Effect of Applying Ujjayi Pranayama on Cortisol in Lupus Patients

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Applying Ujjayi Pranayama on Cortisol in Lupus Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05748899
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/004288
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 15, 2022
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: February 2023
• Source: Badr University
• Contact: mariam El Ebrashy, lecturer
• Phone: 02 01001716570.
• Email: Mariam.elabrashi[@]buc.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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

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

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: March 15, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 35 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 40 lupus women

Exclusion Criteria:

• lupus co-morbidities

• illiteracy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Ujjayi 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).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Badr University	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Badr University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	serum cortisol	it will be taken from women at morning	it will be measured after 6 weeks
Secondary	systolic blood pressure	it will be assessed by manual sphygmomanometer	it will be measured after 6 weeks
Secondary	diastolic blood pressure	it will be assessed by manual sphygmomanometer	it will be measured after 6 weeks
Secondary	pulse rate	it is number of heart pulsation in minute	it will be measured after 6 weeks
Secondary	respiratory rate	it is number of respiration in minute	it will be measured after 6 weeks
Secondary	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index	it is a questionnaire assessing sleeping quality	it will be measured after 6 weeks
Secondary	Fatigue severity scale	it is a questionnaire assessing fatigue severity	it will be measured after 6 weeks
Secondary	Beck Depression Inventory	it is a questionnaire assessing depression	it will be measured after 6 weeks
Secondary	State Trait Anxiety Inventory	it is a questionnaire assessing Trait Anxiety	it will be measured after 6 weeks
Secondary	Stress Vulnerability Scale	it is a questionnaire assessing Stress Vulnerability	it will be measured after 6 weeks