Key result
Yoga breathing exercises for 10 minutes twice daily over 2 weeks significantly improved fatigue, dyspnea, and self-care in heart failure patients compared to control (P < .001).
Why the study?
Dyspnea, fatigue, and self-care challenges are common occurrences in heart failure, motivating an evaluation of yoga breathing and progressive muscle relaxation exercises.
Do yoga breathing and progressive muscle relaxation exercises improve dyspnea, fatigue, and self-care in heart failure patients?
RCT (n=66)
randomized
Do yoga breathing and progressive muscle relaxation exercises improve dyspnea, fatigue, and self-care in heart failure patients?
p-value: p=<.001
Short-term yoga breathing and progressive muscle relaxation exercises provide significant symptomatic and physiological benefits in patients with heart failure.
Yoga breathing may ease dyspnea and fatigue while boosting self-care in HF; extends RCT support for nurse-led relaxation interventions.
Dyspnea, fatigue, and self-care are common occurrences of heart failure. This study evaluated the effects of yoga breathing and progressive muscle relaxation exercises on dyspnea, fatigue, and self-care in heart failure. The study conducted between April 2023 and March 2024 randomized 66 heart failure patients into 3 groups (yoga breathing exercise, progressive muscle relaxation exercise, and control). The intervention groups engaged in specific exercises tailored to their assigned regimen for 10 minutes twice daily over a 2-week period, while the control group maintained their pharmacological treatment. At the end of the intervention (second week) yoga breathing exercise notably ameliorated fatigue, dyspnea, and self-care ( P < .001), changes in saturation, heart rate, and respiratory rate favoring the intervention groups ( P < .05). Yoga breathing exercises enhance self-care, alleviate fatigue, and dyspnea in heart failure. Additionally, yoga breathing and progressive muscle relaxation exercises provide benefits in regulating saturation, heart rate, and respiratory rate in heart failure.
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Solmaz et al. (2024) conducted an RCT in Heart failure (n=66). Yoga breathing and progressive muscle relaxation exercises vs. Control (pharmacological treatment) was evaluated on Fatigue, dyspnea, and self-care (p=<.001). Yoga breathing exercises for 10 minutes twice daily over 2 weeks significantly improved fatigue, dyspnea, and self-care in heart failure patients compared to control (P < .001).
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