Study of Simple Humming Bee Breathing and breath focused meditation

Recruiting

• Conditions: Between Age 18 to 60; Essential (primary) hypertension, (2) ICD-10 Condition: E119||Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/01/030649
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Jivraj Mehta Smarak Health Foundation

Brief Summary

Sample size calculations and methodology:

There are no studies comparing Bhramari Pranayama with any other practice as per the literature review. With the objective of measuring not only time domain but also frequency domain HRV parameters, the sample size calculation was arrived based on the study of heartfulness and cleaning meditation by (Arya et al., 2018). Based on LF nu reduction from 70.82 ± 14.55 to 55.17 ± 16.63 during the meditation as compared to base line, the sample size turns out to be 32 (i.e. 16+16) based on randomized crossover design.

The study will be conducted for the same individuals using randomized crossover design.   Audio (recorded) instructions will be provided to ensure consistency for both methods and the participants will be encouraged to take 1 min break after 10 minutes for both the practices.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2021-01-05
• Study Start: 2021-01-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Open to Recruitment
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 16

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy individuals.
• Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension.

Exclusion Criteria

Disease complications and recent surgery (in past 8 weeks).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) throughout the practice	Measurement of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) for 20 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
SUD (Subjective Unit of Distress) and may include PANAS.	SUD (Subjective Unit of Distress) measured before the practice of 20 mins. Same for PANAS.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dr Jivraj Mehta Smarak Health Foundation; 🇮🇳 Ahmadabad, GUJARAT, India

Dr Jivraj Mehta Smarak Health Foundation

🇮🇳Ahmadabad, GUJARAT, India

Gunjan Y Trivedi

Principal investigator

9574742288

gunjan@wellness-space.net