Efficacy of Bhramari Pranayama on Dyspnoea among the Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Abstract

Background: Pranayama is composed of two Sanskrit terms, “Prana” is breath or vital energy in the bodyand “yama” means control. Pranayama is the practice of breath control in yoga. WHO has estimated by2020 COPD is predicted to rank as the third leading cause of death worldwide. Dyspnoea is the commonsymptoms which has an impact on quality of life in COPD patients. Complementary therapy of pranayamais the non pharmacological management of dyspnoea among the COPD patients. The aim of the study wasto explore the impact of Bhramari pranayama on dyspnoea among COPD patients admitted in Pravara RuralHospital, Loni (Bk).Method: A quasi experimental study, pre test post test with control group and evaluative approach wasaccomplished for the present study. The present study was conducted in Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni (Bk).Total 60 (study group: 30 and control group: 30) COPD patients were enrolled patients using convenientsampling technique. The self prepared validated questionnaire and Modified Borg’s Dyspnoea scorewas used for data collection. Baseline assessment was performed for both groups. During thefirst weekof admission the researcher assessed dyspnoea by Modified Borg’s Dyspnoea scale and implementedintervention of Bhramari Pranayama sessions every four hourly twice in day till discharge. Follow up homevisit was conducted by researcher for every 15 days till 12 weeks. After intervention post test assessmentwas performed after 12 weeks. The control group patients continued their routine care. Inferential statistics‘t’-test was used to evaluate the effectives of Bhramari pranayama on dyspnoea score among the COPDpatients. Chi-square test was used to associate the level of dyspnoea score with the demographic variablesof COPD patients.Results: The study findings revealed that in study group, there is statistically significant difference ofModified dyspnoea scores after implementation of Bhramari pranayama training as compared to controlgroup. Chi-square test shows there is statistical association between demographic profile namely; genderand duration of illness (p<0.05) level in study group.Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that Bhramari pranayama minimized dyspnoea among theCOPD patients. Bhramari Pranayama was effective to improve the pulmonary function of COPD patients.