A study on the effect of integrated yoga program on self satisfaction among T2DM patients of mongoloid origin attending Jnims Imphal

Abstract

Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is becoming a leading metabolic disorder characterised by a newlinechronic hyperglycaemic condition and change in lipid profile resulting from insufficient action of newlineinsulin. Many studies on the beneficial effects of yoga on T2DM patients of different races and newlineethnic groups of urban and semi-urban areas of developed and developing countries have been newlinewidely reported. However, there is lack of systematic research work on the efficacy of yoga on newlinemanagement of patients with T2DM of Mongoloid race of North-East India. newlineAim and objectives newlineThe present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of yoga lifestyle intervention on clinical newlineoutcome measures coupled with evaluation of Health Satisfaction and Quality of Life using newlineappropriate self-reported questionnaires among the T2DM patients of mongoloid race of Oriental newlineregion of Manipur, a remotest boundary state of India neighbouring to Myanmar. newlineMethods newlineThe current study was a randomized control study. Of the 1980 candidates enrolled for treatment newlineof diabetes as OPD patients at the Endocrinology Department of JNIMS Hospital, 450 patients newlineproved to be T2DM based on the clinical tests data and anthropometric characteristics were newlinescreened out for randomization. On further examination applying inclusive and exclusive newlinecriteria, three hundred and four patients confirmed for T2DM of both sexes were randomized newlineinto 151 experimental group (EG) and 153 control group (CG).The experimental yoga group was newlineprescribed oral anti-glycaemic agents and in addition followed an ideal yoga module intervention newlinefor one and half hour daily for 6 days a week for 4 months. The control group was prescribed newlineoral anti-glycaemic agents only and did not perform any type of exercise during the period. newlineBefore and after intervention Glycaemic status, Lipid parameters and information on Health newlineSatisfaction and Quality of Life questionnaires were collected. newlineResults newlinePrimary outcome measures of Glycaemic indices had significant reduction in (p lt 0.001) in both newlinegroups