Effectiveness of Spirulina Supplement and Selected Yogasanas on Quality of Life of Children With Hiv Infection

Abstract

The present study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of spirulina supplement and selected yogasanas on quality of life of children with HIV infection. Two hundred children with HIV infection aged between 5 and 18 years belong to both sexes participated in the study hundred children were chosen for both experimental and control groups. Commercially available and ISO certified spirulina food supplement was used in the study. Selected yogasnas such as tadasana (standing pose), trikonasana (triangle pose), padmasana (lotus pose), vajrasana, yogamudra and shavasana (corpse pose) were practiced by the participants under supervision of experts. The domains of quality of life scores also showed a significant change in all comparisons of pretest and posttests of experimental group with the control group and between the experimental and control group of both parent reported scores and self reported scores except the self reported psychosocial summary scores in post test II. The interventions that the spirulina supplement and selected yogasanas would have had a significant impact on the physiological parameters and the quality of life of children with HIV infection/AIDS.