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Trial reportBMC complementary and alternative medicine2017

A Randomized controlled trial of the effect of yoga and peer support on glycaemic outcomes in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a feasibility study.

Aswathy Sreedevi, Unnikrishnan Ambika Gopalakrishnan, Sundaram Karimassery Ramaiyer, Leelamoni Kamalamma

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Trial report in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  20. Meditative Movements for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aswathy SreedeviCommunity Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India. draswathygopan@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6037-9265
Unnikrishnan Ambika GopalakrishnanDept of Endocrinology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Sundaram Karimassery RamaiyerBiostatistics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Leelamoni KamalammaCommunity Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundType two diabetes is a complex and demanding chronic disease and its impact in a state (Kerala) which leads India in terms of the number of people with Diabetes is profound. Though the male to female ratio among the people with diabetes is roughly equal, women are uniquely and more severely affected. Management of type two Diabetes requires considerable dexterity on the part of the patient to manage drugs, diet and exercise. Therefore, in a low middle-income country like India it is necessary to look at low cost interventions that can empower the patient and build on available resources to help manage diabetes. Hence, we studied the feasibility and effect of two low cost interventions; yoga and peer support on glycaemic and other outcomes among women with type two diabetes.

methodsAn open label parallel three armed randomized control trial was conducted among 124 recruited women with Diabetes for three months. Block randomization with a block length of six was carried out with each group having at least 41 women. In the Yoga arm, sessions by an instructor, consisting of a group of postures coordinated with breathing were conducted for an hour, two days a week. In the peer support arm each peer mentor after training visited 13-14 women with diabetes every week followed by a phone call. The meeting was about applying disease management or prevention plans in daily life.

resultsThere was a trend in decline of fasting plasma glucose in the peer and yoga group and of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) in the yoga group only, though not significant. A significant decrease was observed in diastolic blood pressure and hip circumference in the yoga group. The process indicated that most (80%) of the women in the yoga group attended classes regularly and 90% of the women in the peer group reported that peer mentoring was useful.

conclusionThe effect of yoga and peer support on glycaemic outcomes was incremental. Longer term studies are necessary to ascertain the benefits shown by this feasibility study.

trial registrationCTRI/2011/12/002227 dated 14/12/2011.

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Social SupportYogaAdultAgedAnthropometryBlood PressureDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Feasibility StudiesFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeGlycated Hemoglobinhemoglobin A1c protein, humanGlycaemic outcomesPeer supportRCTType 2 DiabetesWomenYoga

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