Effect of Gayatri Mantra and Pranayama on covid-19 patients.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhereHealth Condition 2: J128- Other viral pneumonia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/02/031036
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Science Technology DST
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Consenting
18-70 years, either sex
Diagnosed case of Covid-19 based on RT PCR, hospitalized at AIIMS Rishikesh covid centre in moderate symptom category as per ICMR guidelines (dyspnea/hypoxia with saturation <94% on room air/Respiratory rate >24breaths/minute)8
Having a smartphone and internet facility and able to use it
Serum procalcitonin <0.5 ng/ml
Exclusion Criteria
Non-consenting/critical category as per
ICMR guidelines1
Patients in ICU or on mechanical
ventilation/continuous NIV or Fio2 >.40
Patients unable to perform Pranakarshan
Pranayama/Gayatri Mantra
Patients with known psychiatric or
COPD/CLD/CRF/BA/diabetics(HbA1c >7),se
vere HT, malignancy,IBD,CAD.
Pregnant/lactating females
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method hs C-Reactive protein (highly sensitive CRP)Timepoint: baseline,at time of discharge/14 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Inflammatory markers <br/ ><br>Interleukin 6(IL6) levels <br/ ><br>lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) <br/ ><br>Serum Ferritin <br/ ><br>D-DIMER <br/ ><br>Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) <br/ ><br>Complete blood counts (CBC) <br/ ><br>2.Radiological â??Improvement on Chest x-rays (CXR) <br/ ><br>3.Clinical Improvement-Time to symptom abatement /Time when declared cured by negative swab on RT PCR will be recorded <br/ ><br>4.Total Duration of hospital stay <br/ ><br>5.Final Outcome-discharged/ Died/worsened <br/ ><br>6.(SGRQ) <br/ ><br>7. (PHQ-9) d(GAD-7) <br/ ><br>8.Fatigue scoresTimepoint: baseline,at time of discharge/14 days