Effects of Laughter Yoga Practiced by Nursing Students Before Clinical Practice
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Aim: We conducted this randomized controlled study to determine the effect of laughter yoga practiced by first year nursing students before clinical practice on their perceptions of stress and meaning of life. Background: Laughter yoga has a positive effect on the person's mental/general health, life satisfaction and psychological well-being and enables the person to cope with stress. Design: In this experimental randomized and controlled study including a control group, we administered a pre-test, post-test one and post-test two to the participating students. Methods: We conducted the study with 45 first year nursing students in the intervention group, and 45 first year nursing students in the control group. The students in the intervention group took part in eight sessions of laughter yoga for four weeks, twice a week. We used the Descriptive Information Form, Perceived Stress Scale, and Meaning and Purpose of Life Scale to collect the study data.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable healthy
Started May 2023
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable healthy
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 8, 2023
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 17, 2023
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 31, 2023
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 4, 2023
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 21, 2023
CompletedSeptember 21, 2023
September 1, 2023
9 days
September 4, 2023
September 15, 2023
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Meaning and Purpose of Life
Meaning of life of students was assessed with 17 items Meaning and Purpose of Life Scale. The options for the positive statements are scored as follows: strongly agree (5), agree (4), undecided (3), disagree (2), and strongly disagree (1). The negative statements are reverse scored. The options for the negative statements are scored as follows: strongly agree (1), agree (2), undecided (3), disagree (4) and strongly disagree (5).While the lowest possible score that can be obtained from the scale is 17, the highest possible score is 85. A high score indicates that the person's perception of the meaning and purpose of life is more positive whereas a low score indicates the person's perception of the meaning and purpose of life is more negative
four weeks
Stress
Stress of students was assessed with Perceived Stress Scale. Responses given to the items are rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 4 (0- Never, 1-Almost Never, 2-Sometimes, 3-Quite often, 4-Very Often). Items 4, 5, 7 and 8 containing positive statements are reverse scored. The minimum and maximum scores that can be obtained from the PSS are 0 and 40, respectively. The higher the score is the higher the level of stress is.
four weeks
Study Arms (2)
Control
NO INTERVENTIONIntervention
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
We used laughter yoga to investigate the potential effects on first year nursing students' whose in the preclinical period of education.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Who did not have any diagnosed psychiatric diseases,
- Who had not done laughter yoga and / or did not have any clinical experience previously were included
You may not qualify if:
- Who withdrew from the study at any stage,
- Those who did not participate in the yoga sessions regularly
- Those who used another relaxation method during this period,
- Those who took antidepressants,
- Those who had a chronic cough and / or urinary incontinence,
- Those who underwent surgery in the last 3 months (abdominal surgery, uncontrolled surgery, glaucoma, hernia),
- Those who had neurological diseases such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis,
- Those who were unwilling to participate in the study,
- Those who had neurological disorders,
- Those who lost one of their loved ones in the last 6 months were excluded from the research.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Manisa Celal Bayar University
Manisa, Yunusemre, 45140, Turkey (Türkiye)
Related Publications (1)
Kaya KC, Ozkan CG, Agis D. Effects of laughter yoga practiced by the first year nursing students before clinical practice on their perceptions of stress and meaning of life: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Nurs. 2025 Jan 11;24(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s12912-024-02642-0.
PMID: 39799345DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 4, 2023
First Posted
September 21, 2023
Study Start
May 8, 2023
Primary Completion
May 17, 2023
Study Completion
May 31, 2023
Last Updated
September 21, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-09
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share