Alternate Nostril Breathing Training in Geriatrics With Glaucoma and High Blood Pressure

Ocular Hypertension Response to Alternate Nostril Breathing Training in Geriatrics With Glaucoma and High Blood Pressure

Hypertension, particularly if poorly controlled, appears related to an increased risk of open angle glaucoma, (the high tension type of glaucoma is characterized as optic nerve degeneration with ocular hypertension). so this study will search response of glaucoma to breathing exercise

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Primary Open Angle Glaucoma; Hypertension
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: breathing exercise

Detailed Description

Hypertension, particularly if poorly controlled, appears related to an increased risk of open angle glaucoma, (the high tension type of glaucoma is characterized as optic nerve degeneration with ocular hypertension). With a random assignment, sixty hypertensive geriatric with high tension type primary open angle glaucoma will be assigned to breathing exercise (alternate nostril breathing) group (n=30 geriatrics) or waiting list geriatrics. the daily breathing exercise will be performed by the geriatrics in evening (for half an hour) and morning (for half an hour).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: ali ismail, lecturer; Phone Number: 02 01005154209; Email: ali.mohamed@pt.cu.edu.eg
• Study Contact Backup: Name: mona taha, professor; Email: monaday2007@yahoo.com

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Dokki
    • Giza, Dokki, Egypt
      • Recruiting
      • Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 61 years to 71 years (Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• hypertensive elderly
• primary open angle glaucoma in both eyes
• ocular hypertension in both eyes

Exclusion Criteria:

acute or chronic eye inflammation cataract eye surgeries mental ill patients patients who will refuse to participate in the study other systemic /cardiovascular problem

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Exercised group; Thirty hypertensive geriatric with high tension type primary open angle glaucoma will perform breathing exercise (alternate nostril breathing). The daily breathing exercise will be performed by the geriatrics in evening (for half an hour) and morning (for half an hour) for one month.	Behavioral: breathing exercise; Thirty hypertensive geriatric with high tension type primary open angle glaucoma will perform breathing exercise (alternate nostril breathing). The daily breathing exercise will be performed by the geriatrics in evening (for half an hour) and morning (for half an hour) for one month.
No Intervention: control group; this will be a thirty-patient wait-list group that will no receive any shape of training

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
intraoccular pressure	it will be measured in right and left eyes	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
systolic blood pressure	it will be measured sphygmomanometer	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
diastolic blood pressure	it will be measured sphygmomanometer	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
heart rate	it will be measured manually	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
respiratory rate	it will be measured manually	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
hospital anxiety and depression scale	it contains fourteen questions. it contains two sub-scales, one for anxiety and the other for depression	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
short form 36 survey	in general, it will assess life quality	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training
glaucoma quality of life-15 questionnaire	it will assess glaucoma-related life quality	It will be measured after 4 weeks of training

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 15, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 15, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): January 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 30, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 30, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): November 4, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 4, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 30, 2022
• Last Verified: October 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Eye Diseases; Ocular Hypertension; Glaucoma; Glaucoma, Open-Angle; Hypertension
• Other Study ID Numbers: P.T.REC/012/004006

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No