EFFICACY OF PRANAYAMIC BREATHING ON COGNITION AND INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING IN TYPE2 DIABETES MELLITUS.

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes is inherent in poor physical performance and cognitive functions that affect patients' overall performance in their activities of daily living (ADL) (Lindsay et al., 2016) . Diabetes and cognitive dysfunction are linked, according to epidemiological evidence. When compared to adults without type 2 diabetes, adults who develop type 2 diabetes later in life have cognitive decits; psychomotor productivity, executive function, and learning and memory skills are often the most affected(Wrighten et al., 2009; Okereke, 2008.).So this study aims to investigate the. efcacy of pranayamic breathing on cognition and Instrumental Activities of Daily living (IADL) in type2 diabetes mellitus.(DM). Thirty type2 Diabetic patients between 45-65 years of age were selected randomly and were divided into two groups. Group A received pranayama breathing with conventional physiotherapy for 5 days a week for 4 weeks. Group B received conventional physiotherapy. Montreal cognitive assessment scale (MoCA) and Functional activities questionnaire (FAQ) were reported to determine cognition and IADL.Between group comparison of MOCAshowed that the paired difference obtained from pretest to post test in the experimental group was 3.80±0.862 and in the conventional group 1.13±0.352, the effect size was 4.05 and this observed difference was statistically signicant (p<0.001). Between group comparison of FAQ says that the paired difference obtained was 3.33±0.816 for experimental group and 1.80±1.47 for control group. The effect size observed was 1.28 and it was statistically signicant (p=0.002).The ndings of the study show that there is signicant difference between the scores of two groups which concludes , pranayama breathing with conventional physiotherapy has shown signicant improvement in cognition and Instrumental Activities of daily living among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus..