Is There a Response of Glaucoma to Baduanjin Exercise in Elders?
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Baduanjin exercise.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Glaucoma. Basic parameters: 65 years — 75 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
glaucoma is prevalent between elders. Baduanjin exercise is a suitable exercise for elders. elders with glaucoma will divided to group I or group II. each/every group will contain 30 elders. group I will receive baduanjin exercise for 60 minutes every day ((except fridays) for eight weeks. group II will act as waistlist.
Detailed description
Baduanjin exercise is a suitable exercise for elders. elders with glaucoma will divided to group I or group II. each/every group will contain 30 elders. group I will receive baduanjin exercise for 60 minutes every day ((except fridays) for eight weeks. group II will act as waistlist.
Interventions
- Behavioral Baduanjin exercise
group I will receive baduanjin exercise for 60 minutes every day ((except fridays) for eight weeks.
Primary outcome measures
- intraocular pressure [Time frame: it will be measured after 8 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- patient health questionnaire [Time frame: it will be measured after 8 weeks]
- National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire [Time frame: it will be measured after 8 weeks]
- Glaucoma-related quality of life questionnaire [Time frame: it will be measured after 8 weeks]
- State trait anxiety inventory [Time frame: it will be measured after 8 weeks]
- Stress vulnerability scale [Time frame: it will be measured after 8 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- high-tension primary open angle glaucoma (bilateral)
- ocular hypertension in both eyes
Exclusion criteria
- cataract
- diabetes
- cardiac disorders
- obesity
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Egypt · 1 center
- Cairo University — Giza
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07163676 · IRB00014233-35