Effect of Laughter Yoga on Mental Symptoms Frequency and Level of Saliva Cortisol

NCT03814265 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: LYMSSC26102018
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 75
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of laughter yoga on mental symptom frequency and salivary cortisol level among the 1st Year Nursing Students. This is a randomized controlled study using pre-post-test design with control group. The population of our research; Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department consisting of 202 students studying at the First Year.

Conditions

Nursing Caries

Keywords

Cortisol; Laughter Yoga; Mental Symptom; Nursing; Student

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Measurement of mental symptoms

  Data Collection Form is Brief Symptom Inventory(BSI). There are 5 sub-dimensions and 53 items in total.BSI has 5 sub-dimensions: Anxiety, Hostility, Somatization, Depression, Anxiety. The total score for each subscale is divided by the number of items in that sub-scale. The height of the total scores taken from the scale indicates the frequency of the individual's symptoms. The person answering the scale marks one of the following for each question: (0) None; (1) Very little; (2) "Moderate; (3) quite a lot; (4) Too much Application process consist of three phases such as; pre-test, intervention and post-test. During pre-test phase. Whether there is a significant decrease in posttest scores compared to pre-test mean scores.

  Four weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Measurement of saliva cortisol

  Each session for four weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Laughter yoga group

Behavioral: Laughter yoga

Control

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention

Interventions

Laughter yoga BEHAVIORAL

440/5000 Laughter yoga; It is an exercise program that combines breathing techniques with unconditional laughter. During the sessions, laughter is simulated by hand clapping and warm-up exercises and by eye contact with other members in the group and by playing childish games with group members. Most of the time this simulation turns into genuine and contagious laughter. Laughter yoga is based on the argument that the brain cannot distinguish between real and unreal laugh.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Nursing to be a 1st year student.

You may not qualify if:

• Diabetes mellitus
• Hypertension
• Hypothyroidism
• Hyperaldosteronism
• Pregnancy
• Malignancy
• Congestive heart failure
• Psychotic disorder
• Chronic hepatic failure
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Chronic renal failure diagnosis
• Using medical drug

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ankara University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ankara University

Ankara, Altindag, 06340, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Laughter Therapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Ayfer Tezel, Prof. Dr.

  Ankara Uviversity

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer Fatma Ozlem Ozturk

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 22, 2018
• First Posted: January 24, 2019
• Study Start: November 14, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 5, 2017
• Study Completion: December 20, 2017
• Last Updated: January 24, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)