Associate Professor, Ph D Scholar, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences(DU), Taluka Rahata, District Ahmednagar, Loni(Bk), Maharashtra
*Corresponding Author: Ms. Heera Jayasheela Associate Professor, Ph D Scholar, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences(DU), Taluka Rahata, Loni(Bk), District Ahmednagar, Maharashtra-413 736 Email: heera.jayasheela00@gmail.com
Online published on 10 May, 2018.
The World Health Organization (WHO) presumes COPD to be the third most cause of death in the world.
(1) to assess the quality of life of COPD patients (2) to determine the effectiveness of Pranayama's on quality of life among the COPD patients and (3) to find association of impact of pranayama on quality of life with their socio demographic characteristics.
Thirty COPD patients in the age group of above 30 years were studied. They were assessed for the quality of life by St Georges Respiratory Questionnaire on first week of admission followed by the implementation of Pranayama training (Ohm Chanting, Surya Bedhana, Anilom Vilom, Ujjai Pranayam and Bhramari Pranayam) every four hourly twice in day till discharge. Follow-up home visit was conducted for every 15 days for three months. The post test assessment of quality of life was carried out after three month of intervention. The data were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics wherever required.
The Quality of Life by using St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) shows that there was statistically significant decrease in the symptoms score (from 70 ±2.5 to 64±2.5, p=0.03), activity score (from 60±2.1 to 50±1.7, p<0.005), impact score from 51±2.3 to 38±1.6, p, 0.008) and total score (from 51±2.2 to 4±2.3, p=0.02) in study group but not in control group. No significant association found between control and study group in respect of demographic characteristics (p>0.05) No significant association found between control and study group in respect of demographic characteristics (p>0.05). By applying Chi-Square test there is a significant association between demographic characteristics namely; History of exposure to smoke, Duration of exposure to pollutants, Duration of Illness and Control and Study group (p<0.05) and remaining characteristics are not significant (p>0.05)
The study findings shows that the Pranayama (Yogic Breathing) has an overall positive effect on improvement of quality of life of COPD patients.
Impact, Pranayama, Quality of Life and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
