Effect of yoga practice on blood pressure and heart rate and changes in foetus and mother in hypertensive pregnant wome
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Gestational hypertension
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/11/010608
- Lead Sponsor
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post graduate Medical Education and Research JIPMER
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Pregnant women at risk of developing hypertension (any one
of the following criteria)
i. Family history of hypertension (first degree relatives)
ii. Hypertension or eclampsia in sisters, mothers or aunts.
iii. All primigravida
iv. Hypertension in previous pregnancy
v. Extremes of reproductive age
vi. Body mass index (BMI) >35 kg/m2
vii. Multiple pregnancy
Exclusion Criteria
i. Patients undergoing any kind of yoga therapy and/or structured exercises
ii. Patients who are not fit for practicing yoga which includes mental illness, neurological illness, musculoskeletal problems
iii. Those who are not willing to deliver in JIPMER
iv. Recurrent pregnancy loss
will be excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Twenty weeks of yoga therapy is expected to decrease the incidence of new onset hypertension in pregnant women who are at risk of developing gestational hypertensionTimepoint: Yoga intervention will be given for 20 weeks.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Twenty weeks of yoga therapy in pregnant women who are at risk of developing gestational hypertension is expected to <br/ ><br>improve cardiovascular autonomic functions, <br/ ><br> fetal and maternal outcomes, <br/ ><br>reduce oxidate stress marker (Malondialdehyde) <br/ ><br> fasting blood glucose, <br/ ><br> insulin resistance, <br/ ><br> lipid risk factors, <br/ ><br> inflammatory markers (hsCRP, IL-6), <br/ ><br> endothelial dysfunction marker (Nitric oxide) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Yoga intervention will be given for 20 weeks.