The Effect of Pranayama Exercise (Pranayama)

The Effect of Pranayama Exercise on Vital Signs, Anxiety, Fear of Death, and Sleep Quality After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Objective: This randomized controlled experimental study aimed to investigate the effects of pranayama exercises on vital signs, anxiety, fear of death, and sleep quality in patients who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction.

Materials and Methods: The study sample consisted of 80 patients diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction who were hospitalized in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit of Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Hospital The patients were randomly assigned to either the experimental (n=40) or control group (n=40) using a computer-based randomization method. Data collection tools included the Personal Information Form, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Death Anxiety Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sleep; Death; Anxiety; Exercise; Pranayama
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Pranayama exercise; Behavioral: normal breathing

Detailed Description

Objective: This randomized controlled experimental study aimed to investigate the effects of pranayama exercises on vital signs, anxiety, fear of death, and sleep quality in patients who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction.

Materials and Methods: The study sample consisted of 80 patients diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction who were hospitalized in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit of Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Hospital between June and November 2024. The patients were randomly assigned to either the experimental (n=40) or control group (n=40) using a computer-based randomization method. Data collection tools included the Personal Information Form, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Death Anxiety Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 80
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Kartal
    • İstanbul, Kartal, Turkey, 34862
      • İstanbul

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Voluntary participation in the study

Age ≥18 years

Diagnosed with AMI

Cognitive ability to perform pranayama exercises

Ability to comprehend and respond to survey questions

No communication impairments

Exclusion Criteria:

• having respiratory diseases
• low saturation <95

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pranayama exercise; Do Pranayama Exercise	Behavioral: Pranayama exercise; The people in the pranayama experimental group were first informed about the practice (At the deepest point of the breath, the left nostril is closed with the index finger of the right hand and exhaled through the right nostril. When it reaches the deepest point, close the nostril with the thumb and exhale through the left nostril. At least 3 more rounds are continued in this way. one Pranayama session (approximately 30 minutes). The people in the experimental group were taught pranayama exercises during the application and were given a brochure with written instructions on home application and were info
Active Comparator: Control; do Nothing	Behavioral: normal breathing; normal breathing 20 breath per min

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Beck Anxiety Inventory	It is a Likert-type scale consisting of 21 items and scored between 0-3. According to scale scoring; 8 points: No anxiety, 8-15 points: Mild anxiety, 16-25 points: Moderate anxiety, 26-63 points: Determined as severe anxiety decrease the15 points	up to 4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul Medeniyet University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 20, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 23, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): December 20, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 30, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 11, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 11, 2025
• Last Verified: February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Exercise; Anxiety; Sleep; Death; pranayama
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Pathologic Processes; Anxiety Disorders; Death
• Other Study ID Numbers: IstanbulMU; 00144 (Other Grant/Funding Number: medeniyet university)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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