Laughter Yoga for Nursing Students Going Into Clinical Practice for the First Time

NCT05690620 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Betül Bal
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Clinical practice is an unseparated part of nursing curricula and crucial for students to learn professional skills and gain professional identity. Besides, the clinical practices have an important role in the development of professional identity, are also emotionally challenging and stressful. All these experiences can negatively affect the happiness of nursing students. The unhappiness and stress affect nursing students negatively in terms of their physical and mental health, and lead to decreased performance, increased risk of error, and decreased quality of nursing care. Additionally, nursing students' perspectives on the profession might be negatively affected. Therefore, increased the level of happiness and reduced stress level in nursing students is important in the clinical learning environment. Study authors could not find any studies which examining the effect of laughter yoga on the level of happiness and stress in nursing students who experienced clinical practice for the first time. Therefore, this project aimed to examine the effect of laughter yoga on the happiness and stress levels of nursing students. Study population composed of 61 students studying in the nursing department of a university located in the Central Anatolia Region. Students included in the study will be randomized into intervention and control groups according to a simple randomization rule. A total of 8 sessions of laughter yoga will be applied to the intervention group by the primary researcher for 4 weeks. Personal Information Form, Happiness Scale and Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students will be used as data collection tools in the research. Data collection tools will be applied in the form of pre-test and post-test. within the scope of this project, increased students' happiness and decreased stress levels were expected.

Conditions

Happiness; Laughter Yoga; Nursing Student; Stress; Clinical Practice

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Happiness Level

  This form will be used to measure the degree of happiness in nursing students. In the research, it will be applied twice in total, before the laughter yoga is applied and after the laughter yoga is finished. The total score to be taken from the scale varies between 6 and 30, and as the score increases, the level of happiness also increases.

  4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Perceived Stress Level for Nursing Students

  4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Laughter Yoga

EXPERIMENTAL

In a systematic review study, it was determined that it was appropriate to practice laughter yoga for at least 4 weeks. Therefore, the laughter yoga program; It was planned as a face-to-face group session, for four (4) weeks, twice a week, for a total of eight (8) sessions and 20-25 minutes.

Behavioral: laughter yoga

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

No intervention will be applied to the students in the control group. Students will be followed for four weeks. Before the study, data collection tools will be applied to the students. Again, after the study starts and the study ends, all other data collection tools except the "Student Information Form" will be applied.

Other: Control

Interventions

laughter yoga BEHAVIORAL

Therefore, the laughter yoga program; It was planned as a face-to-face group session, for four (4) weeks, twice a week, for a total of eight (8) sessions and 20-25 minutes.

Laughter Yoga

Control OTHER

The students in the control group did not receive any intervention. Nursing students were followed for four weeks. Before the study, data collection tools were applied to the students. Again, after the start of the study and the end of the study, all other data collection tools except the "Student Information Form" were applied.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 27 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Volunteer to participate in the study
• First time clinical practice

You may not qualify if:

• Inactive student registration
• Diagnosed with cardiovascular disease such as hypertension and arrhythmia
• Having had an abdominal hernia, an abdominal operation (within 3 months),
• Diagnosed with glaucoma and epilepsy
• Being on medication for psychiatric reasons
• Have experience of laughter yoga
• Using other relaxation techniques with a similar effect at the time of the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bozok University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Betül

Yozgat, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Laughter Therapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 6, 2023
• First Posted: January 19, 2023
• Study Start: December 5, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2022
• Study Completion: December 30, 2022
• Last Updated: January 19, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-01

Locations

TU (1)