Efficacy of Walking Exercise With Dog on Tinnitus Complaints in Sleep Apnea (Obstructive Sleep Apnea)

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Tinnitus, Subjective; Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Treatments: Behavioral: free walking with dog and diet restriction; Behavioral: diet restriction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06803095

IRB00014233-18

Details and patient eligibility

About

there is evidence that tinnitus (chronic subjective form) is highly prevalent among patients with obstructive sleep apnea. exercise is recommneded in chronic subjective form) and obstructive sleep apnea. walking with dog increase adherence to walking to maintain continuity of physical activity

Full description

the total participants will be forty in number.. those participants will complain form tinnitus (chronic subjective form) and obstructive sleep apnea (mild degree).. the particiapnts will divided to groups.. the number of subjects in each group will be 20. The groups (both groups) will follow low calorie diet.. this diet will be applied for 12 weeks.. during this period the study group will receive free walking (30 min) with dog three timmes weekly. the control group will not receive free walking with dog

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• obese persons
• bilateral chronic subjective tinnitus
• mild obstructive sleep apnea (mild apnea hypopnea index)
• forty participants

Exclusion criteria

• body mass index more than 40 kg/m2.
• cardiovascular problems
• hepatorenal probelms
• autoimmune problems
• orthopedic probelms

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

group I

Experimental group

Description:

the total participants of tinnitus (chronic subjective form) and obstructive sleep apnea (mild degree) in this group will be 20. This groups will follow low calorie diet.. this diet will be applied for 12 weeks.. during this period this group will receive free walking (30 min) with dog three timmes weekly.

Treatment:

Behavioral: free walking with dog and diet restriction

Group II

Active Comparator group

Description:

the total participants of tinnitus (chronic subjective form) and obstructive sleep apnea (mild degree) in this group will be 20. This group will follow low calorie diet only.. this diet will be applied for 12 weeks..

Treatment:

Behavioral: diet restriction