The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Hope and School Burnout

NCT05742308 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: D6907
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of laughter yoga on hope and school burnout among secondary school (8th Grade) students. The study hypothesized that laughter yoga would have an effect on hope and school burnout scores among secondary school students

Conditions

Laughter Therapy; Laughter Yoga; Hope; School Burnout

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Children's Hope Scale scores

  The Children's Hope Scale (CHS) is self-report measure of children's perceptions that their goals can be met. The CHS consists of six items that are hypothesized to relate to the two underlying factors of agency and pathways. Adding the response values for pathway questions will provide a pathway score ranging from 2-12; higher scores reflect higher pathways thinking. Adding the response values for agency questions will provide an agency score ranging from 2-12; higher scores reflect higher agency thinking. Adding pathway and agency scores will provide an overall hope score (i.e., level of hope). Scores of 4-8 indicate no to very low hope, 9-12 indicate slightly hopeful, 13-16 indicate moderately hopeful, and 17-24 indicates highly hopeful.

  up to 6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• School Burnout Inventory score

  up to 6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Experimental: Laughter yoga

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group received laughter yoga twice a week for three weeks.

Behavioral: Laughter yoga

No Intervention: Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group did not take part in the laughter yoga program.

Interventions

Laughter yoga BEHAVIORAL

Laughter yoga program was composed of four steps. The first step, which took 10 minutes, had warm-up exercises including gentle stretching and hand clapping. The second step, which included deep breathing exercises and hand clapping, took 5 minutes. The third step involved children's games and laughter exercises. The sessions included a combination of different laughter exercises. The last step, which included yoga nidra took 5 minutes.

Experimental: Laughter yoga

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may not qualify if:

• having severe hearing or perceptual deficits that impaired communication; having dementia, Alzheimer's disease, depression, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertensive disease and surgical operations with the risk of bleeding.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hacettepe University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Hacettepe University

Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Hacettepe University

Ankara, 60100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Kuru Alici N, Kalanlar B. Effect of Laughter Yoga on School Burnout and Hope Among Secondary School (Eighth Grade) Students: A Parallel Group Randomized Control Trial. Florence Nightingale J Nurs. 2024 Feb 28;32(1):68-74. doi: 10.5152/FNJN.2024.23200.

  PMID: 39555642 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Psychological

Interventions

Laughter Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Nilgun Kuru Alici, PhD

  Associate professor

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 13, 2023
• First Posted: February 23, 2023
• Study Start: March 20, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 10, 2022
• Study Completion: June 10, 2022
• Last Updated: February 23, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (2)