Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST) on Blood PressureAmong Older Adults
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I10- Essential (primary) hypertension
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/08/071780
- Lead Sponsor
- Fogarty International Center - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Participants must be 60 years or older, having hypertension, residing in urban Mysore district/Mysore city for six or more months with no plans to shift residence during the next 14 weeks, having a systolic BP level ?140 mm Hg; and able to give informed consent and complete all study procedures including a medical examination, assessment of their respiratory muscle strength, and an interviewer-administered survey. Hypertension will be diagnosed if, when measured twice on different days, systolic blood pressure on both readings is =140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure on both readings is =90 mmHg.
Having a cognitive disability that makes them unable to perform the IMST training; reported history of uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias; circulatory shock; acute ischemic heart disease; acute respiratory failure; neuromuscular disease or myopathies; or diaphragmatic paresis or paralysis, ear problems, hospitalization in the prior past three months, any hospitalization for respiratory illness in the last 6 months, having loose teeth/dentures or other oral health issues, any history of smoking in the last ten years and having any condition that might pose a risk for undergoing study procedures including inspiratory pressure testing.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcomes for this study will be changes in measures of Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure from baseline to end of intervention and between intervention and comparison groups.Timepoint: Research staff will monitor the weekly progress of the study participants, obtain blood pressure measurements every two weeks and record other aging measures at mid-point (6 weeks of intervention) and at the endline (12 weeks of intervention).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in measures of aging <br/ ><br> including functional mobility (balance and gait), self-efficacy, activities of daily <br/ ><br> living, quality of life, cognitive health, psychological health, perceived social <br/ ><br> support, fear of falls, and resilience from baseline to end of intervention and between intervention and comparison groups.Timepoint: Research staff will monitor the weekly progress of the study participants, obtain blood pressure measurements every two weeks and record other aging measures at mid-point (6 weeks of intervention) and at the endline (12 weeks of intervention).