A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Yoga Breathing on Dyspnea, Oxygen Saturation and Anxiety among Patient with COPD Attending Medicine OPD of HSK Hospital and Research Centre, Bagalkot

Background of the study: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. Symptoms include breathing difficulty, cough, mucus (sputum) production and wheezing and Yoga is a type of exercise in which you move your body into various positions in order to become more fit or flexible, to improve your breathing, and to relax your mind and Breathing is relaxation technique in which a person focuses on taking slow, deep breaths. Deep breathing involves breathing in slowly through the nose and then out through the mouth using the diaphragm (the thin muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen) and abdominal muscles. Aim: The aim of study was to assess association between Pre-test levels of dyspnea, oxygen saturation and anxiety among patients with COPD with their selected socio-demographic and clinical variables. Methodology: The research design selected for this study was pre-experimental one group pre-test and post-test design. The sample size comprises of 30 patients with COPD attending medicine OPD of HSK hospital and research centre, Bagalkot. The sampling technique adopted for this study will be Purposive sampling technique. In the present study the data will be collected by using Modified Borg Dyspnea scale, generalized anxiety disorder scale (GDA-7) and oxygen saturation scale, the data analysis done by using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequency distribution, percentage, mean, mean percentage, Standard Deviation, paired ‘t’ test and Chi-square test. Result: The finding revealed that there is statistical significance of the difference between pre-test and post- test scores of the COPD patients shows that difference between dyspnea mean pre-test [2.63] with SD 1.06 and mean post-test [1.46] with SD 2.93, was found to be statistically difference at 0.05 level of significant [t=4.42 (p valve=0.00043) p<0.05]. As Hypothesis H1 states, the mean post-test ...