Effect of Yoga on COVID 19

Not yet recruiting

Brief Summary: COVID-19 has gained the status of a pandemic. For rapid recovery from distress and ensuring over all well being, treatment programs are required for cured patients. Since, the respiratory system and mental health are compromised due to novel corona virus infection so yoga might prove to be helpful as an alternative therapy for the recovered patients of COVID-19.

we hypothesize that Yoga based rehabilitation program will be more effective than standard care alone in post discharge recovery of moderately to severely ill patients with COVID 19. Moderate to severe patients after discharge from AIIMS New Delhi or patients who will visit to Medicine / pulmonary Medicine OPD will be recruited for the study. Based on the allocation of the group after randamization each participant will be either standard care or standard care with yoga. standard care will include dietry counselling, drugs or surgery as per indication. Yoga session will be provided to recovered participatients by yoga therapist. outcome will be measured by 6 minute walk test, pulmonary function test, and breath holding test.

Each qualitative and quantative values obtained by the study will be express as absolute and relative frequency, where as continuos variable may be organised as mean(SD) and / or median(range). Other appropriate methods will be used according to the data obtained.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

1.Patients age more than 18 years who have been discharged after being admitted for the treatment of COVID 19.
2.Patients required assisted respiratory therapy (O2 therapy, BiPaP ventilation or Mechanical ventilation) during Hospital stay.
3.Willing to participate and give consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients with known severe irreversible pulmonary diseases before getting infected with COVID 19 like COPD, ILD, Bronchiectasis needing domiciliary O2 therapy.
2.Patients with severe obesity of musculoskeletal diseases making them unfit for practising Yoga.
3.Severe end organ damage or chronic diseases: renal/ hepatic failure, any malignancy etc.
that can lead to unfit for yoga practices.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Yoga based rehabilitation program (Standard care with yoga sessions) will be more effective than standard care alone in post discharge recovery of moderately to severely ill patients with COVID 19.	we will assess outcime measures after 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
not applicable	not applicable

Locations (1): AIIMS New Delhi
🇮🇳
South, DELHI, India
AIIMS New Delhi
🇮🇳South, DELHI, India
Dr Upendra Baitha
Principal investigator
01126593303
drupendraraj14@gmail.com