Suryanadi Pranayama on Physiological Indices among Smokers

Abstract

Smoking causes important structural and functional alterations to the respiratory epithelium. Breathing exercise is the best practice to prevent the smoking associated diseases especially respiratory illnesses and death. Pranayama is a method of breathing and chest expansion exercise which improves the ventilatory functioning and overall capacity of lungs. Hence, the study was conducted with the aim to evaluate the effectiveness of Suryanadi Pranayama on physiological indices among smokers. The pre-experimental research design was conducted with 30 samples which matched with the inclusion criteria. Suryanadi Pranayama was administered for 30days. The primary outcome of the research was respiratory rate, pulse rate, peak expiratory flow rate and oxygen saturation which was measured before and after the intervention and was compared by using SPSS package. The study finding reveal that there was a highly significant changes was found in respiratory rate, pulse rate, peak flow expiratory rate and oxygen saturation at the level of p<0.001. It is concluded that Suryanadi Pranayama is safe and effective breathing exercise yoga and suggested replicating the similar study on larger samples for wider understanding the mechanisms involved.