Comparative Study of Cold And Neutral Enema on Autonomic Variables in Healthy Volunteers

Abstract

Background Enema is a basic treatment modality in Hydrotherapy as naturopathy emphasizes on detoxification of the body. Enema is given in either cold or neutral temperature before starting the naturopathy regimen but there is no research evidence is found to prove changes on autonomic variables by enema based on temperature.Aim The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of cold and neutral enema on autonomic variables in healthy volunteers using a randomized controlled trial.Design and setting This is a Randomized controlled trial in a Nature-cure CentreMaterial and Methods 60 Healthy volunteers were randomized into two groups by computer generated randomized numbers. Groups had equal number of subjects 30 subjects were in cold enema group and 30 subjects were in neutral enema group and given cold and neutral enema for 2-5 mins respectively. The assessments were Heart Rate Heart Rate Variability Respiratory Rate Blood Pressure Body Temperature Pulse Rate. The pre and post data were taken before and after intervention at an interval of 5 minutes. Statistical analysis Statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS Version 20.0.Results The study was done to assess the comparative study of cold and neutral enema on autonomic variables in healthy volunteers. 60 participants were invited to participate in the study males 15 Females15 in each group of cold and neutral enema. The study showed that the Dependent T test within the group showed significant change in the temperature in group 1 and 2 and Independent T test for Post data in between the groups showed significant difference in heart rate. Other parameters showed insignificant results.Conclusion The result of the study showed that there was no significant difference found on autonomic variables in healthy volunteers between the two groups when cold and neutral enemas were given. So the study concludes that cold and neutral enema can be replaced to each other as there is no difference found.