Premenstrual Syndrome and Laughter Yoga

NCT06382090 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: PamukkaleU-SBE-BB-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 68
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

In addition to physical and emotional effects, premenstrual syndrome can negatively affect the participation in classes, school success, social activities and family relationships of young adolescents in high school. Many non-pharmacological treatments have been found to improve premenstrual syndromes in adolescents. Laughter yoga, one of these methods, is a practice consisting of deep breathing exercises and laughter exercises. Laughter yoga has been studied in different sample groups (elderly people, nurses, dialysis patients, etc.) and positive results have been obtained. In this study, the effect of laughter yoga on premenstrual symptoms in adolescents will be examined.

Conditions

Premenstrual Syndrome; Laughter

Keywords

Laughter Yoga; Premenstrual Syndrome; Adolescent

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Premenstrual Symptom Scale

  Premenstrual Syndrome Scale is a five-point Likert type scale with 44 items. In the application of PMSS, as stated in the instruction at the beginning, after reading the item, marking is made according to whether this situation is "one week before menstruation", taking into account the degrees to the right of the relevant item. In scoring the scale, the "Never" option is evaluated as 1 point, the "Very little" option is evaluated as 2 points, the "Sometimes" option is evaluated as 3 points, the "Often" option is evaluated as 4 points and the "Always" option is evaluated as 5 points. The scale has a total of nine subscales: Depressive Affect, Anxiety, Fatigue, Irritability, Depressive Thoughts, Pain, Appetite Changes, Sleep Changes and Bloating. The higher the score, the more intense the premenstrual syndrome symptoms are considered.

  5 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Laughter yoga

EXPERIMENTAL

Premenstrual syndrome scale will be applied to adolescents as a pre-test. 34 randomly selected students who pass the cutoff score on this scale will form the experimental group. A total of 10 sessions of laughter yoga will be performed for this group, twice a week for 5 weeks. At the end of the tenth session, the premenstrual syndrome scale will be re-applied to the experimental group as a post-test.

Other: Laughter yoga

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Premenstrual syndrome scale will be applied to adolescents as a pre-test. 34 randomly selected students who pass the cutoff score on this scale will form the control group. No intervention will be applied to this group. At the end of five weeks, the premenstrual syndrome scale will be applied again to the control group as a post-test.

Interventions

Laughter yoga OTHER

This practice, which includes deep breathing exercises and laughter exercises, takes approximately 45 minutes. The sessions will be conducted by the principal investigator.

Laughter yoga

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Agreeing to participate in the research
• Having a regular menstrual cycle (menstruation every 21-35 days and without complaints of intermittent bleeding) for the last 6 months
• Not receiving medical treatment for PMS

You may not qualify if:

• Not agreeing to participate in the research
• Having had any surgical operation in the last 3 months
• Presence of a chronic disease (asthma, DM, etc.)
• Presence of gynecological disease
• Using hormonal contraception (such as oral contraceptives and injections).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Pamukkale University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Premenstrual Syndrome; Laughter

Interventions

Laughter Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Menstruation Disturbances; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Nonverbal Communication; Communication; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Model Details: Two groups: comparative experiment and control

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 20, 2024
• First Posted: April 24, 2024
• Study Start: April 26, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 24, 2024
• Study Completion: May 24, 2025
• Last Updated: April 24, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share