Volume : 3, Issue : 1, JAN 2017

MANAGEMENT OF BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL AMONG ELDERLY DIABETIC PATIENTS THROUGH YOGA TRAINING

DINESH KUMAR

Abstract

In the contemporary society with the technological and mechanical advancement human life has become luxurious characterized by inactivity and unhealthy lifestyle, human existence is facing highest ever threat as never before. Among these a chronic lifestyle related disease diabetes mellitus (DM) also k/as slow killer, killing 900 persons/day due to Type-2 DM by 2030 India is going to become a diabetic capital (Uppal A. K). Body cells use simpler form of food such as glucose as energy for survival which depends on insulin a hormone produced by Pancreas, but due to DM body does not produce enough insulin or the body cells can’t use insulin or the combination of both thereby limiting bodies’ ability to use energy found in food or to use glucose in blood streams. This increase blood glucose level above normal. Previous literature revealed numerous benefits of performing yoga in maintaining wellbeing but seek collective efforts on the part of researchers (exploring Yoga in managing blood glucose), society, Government and funding agencies for its management (Viveka P Jyotsna. 2014). Present Research conducted to see the effect of 5 week yoga training program with 5 sessions of 30 minutes a week on 2-hour blood glucose level measured in clinics with professional assistance among diabetic patients. For the study 20 diabetic patients aged 46±3 years divided randomly into two equal groups i.e. treatment and control using pre-test post-test randomized group design. Descriptive stats revealed average pretest post-test blood glucose level of diabetic patient for treatment group was 239.80±19.54mg/dl and 230.20±17.60mg/dl and 243.20±22.39mg/dl 243.10±21.67mg/dl for placebo group respectively. To see weather yoga program has significantly reduced blood glucose level univariate ANCOVA with pretesting as covariate to compare adjusted means of two different groups, since the p-value for F-Statistics was 0.004 less than 0.05 revealed significant difference in post adjusted means. On the basis of findings it has been concluded that practicing Yoga can bring down blood glucose level.

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