The Effect of Laughter Yoga and Pilates on Pregnancy in Pregnant Women Receiving Childbirth Preparation Training

NCT07031648 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Kastamonu
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of laughter yoga and pilates on pregnancy adjustment, anxiety and prenatal attachment in pregnant women who received childbirth preparation training.

Conditions

Prenatal Care

Keywords

pilates; Laughter Yoga; Anxiety; Prenatal Attachment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Scale

  It is a 4-point Likert type scale consisting of a total of 33 questions. The scale consists of 9 sub-dimensions. In the scale, 11 items are reverse-coded, and the lowest score is 33 and the highest is 132 points.

  four week

• Prenatal Self-Assessment Scale

  It is a 4-point Likert-type scale consisting of 79 items. A minimum of 79 and a maximum of 316 points can be obtained on the scale

  four week

• Prenatal Attachment Inventory

  It consists of 21 items. Each item is of the quadruple Likert type, which can score between 1 and 4. A minimum of 21 and a maximum of 84 points can be obtained from the scale.

  four week

Study Arms (3)

Laughter Yoga Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Giving information about the yoga of meeting and laughter, Obtaining written consent through the informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school, Practicing laughter yoga 2 times a week for 4 weeks for a total of 8 sessions, Sessions should consist of a maximum of 15 people, A total of 45 minutes of laughter sessions for pregnant women, At the end of the fourth week, the final test will be administered

Other: Laughter Yoga Group

Pilates Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Providing information about meeting and Pilates, Obtaining written consent through the informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school, Performing a total of 8 sessions of pregnant pilates exercises for 4 weeks, 2 times a week, Sessions should consist of a maximum of 10 people, A total of 45 minutes of pilates exercise for pregnant women, At the end of the fourth week, the final test will be administered

Other: Pilates Group

Education Group

OTHER

Providing information about the research, Obtaining written consent through the informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school (pregnancy, postpartum care, baby care, breastfeeding, etc.) At the end of the fourth week, the final test will be administered

Other: Education Group

Interventions

Laughter Yoga Group OTHER

iving information about the yoga of meeting and laughter, Obtaining written consent through the informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school, P

Laughter Yoga Group

Pilates Group OTHER

Providing information about meetings and Pilates, Obtaining written consent through an informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school, Doing a total of 8 sessions of pregnant pilates exercises for 4 weeks, 2 times a week, Sessions should consist of a maximum of 10 people, A total of 45 minutes of pilates exercise for pregnant women, At the end of the fourth week, the final test will be administered

Pilates Group

Education Group OTHER

Providing information about the research, Obtaining written consent through the informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school (pregnancy, postpartum care, baby care, breastfeeding, etc.) At the end of the fourth week, the final test will be administered

Education Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Week of pregnancy over 20 weeks Without multiple and risky pregnancies, Those who have not undergone intra-abdominal surgery, Not having a mental illness, No physical disability, Without any fetal anomalies and intrauterine growth retardation, Pregnant women who agreed to participate in the study were included in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Incomplete filling of data forms, Not volunteering to participate in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa: lead

Study Sites (1)

Demet Güney

Kastamonu, 37100, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Related Publications (6)

• Aktan B, Kayikcioglu F, Akbayrak T. The comparison of the effects of clinical Pilates exercises with and without childbirth training on pregnancy and birth results. Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Oct;75(10):e14516. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.14516. Epub 2021 Jul 5.

  PMID: 34117824 BACKGROUND

• Baghdari N, Sadeghi Sahebzad E, Kheirkhah M, Azmoude E. The Effects of Pregnancy-Adaptation Training on Maternal-Fetal Attachment and Adaptation in Pregnant Women With a History of Baby Loss. Nurs Midwifery Stud. 2016 May 21;5(2):e28949. doi: 10.17795/nmsjournal28949. eCollection 2016 Jun.

  PMID: 27556052 BACKGROUND

• Ghandali NY, Iravani M, Habibi A, Cheraghian B. The effectiveness of a Pilates exercise program during pregnancy on childbirth outcomes: a randomised controlled clinical trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Jul 2;21(1):480. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03922-2.

  PMID: 34215198 BACKGROUND

• Mazzarino M, Kerr D, Morris ME. Pilates program design and health benefits for pregnant women: A practitioners' survey. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2018 Apr;22(2):411-417. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2017.05.015. Epub 2017 May 31.

  PMID: 29861243 BACKGROUND

• Rockliffe L, Peters S, Heazell AEP, Smith DM. Factors influencing health behaviour change during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-synthesis. Health Psychol Rev. 2021 Dec;15(4):613-632. doi: 10.1080/17437199.2021.1938632. Epub 2021 Jun 29.

  PMID: 34092185 BACKGROUND

• Agapinar Sahin S, Bekar M. The influence of laughter yoga on pregnancy symptoms, mental well-being, and prenatal attachment: A randomized controlled study. Health Care Women Int. 2023 Jun;44(6):782-801. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2164284. Epub 2023 Jan 10.

  PMID: 36625775 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Demet Güney, MSc.

  https://kastamonueah.saglik.gov.tr/

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Demet Güney, MSc.

CONTACT

+90 545 662 00 57; dguney@kastamonu.edu.tr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MSc., Research Assist

Model Details: Type of Study: It is a randomized controlled experimental study and is planned based on the pre-test-post-test model Pregnant women randomly assigned to the Laughter Yoga and Pilates Group constitute the experimental group of the study. Only those who received planned training for pregnancy and postpartum constituted the control group of the study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 13, 2025
• First Posted: June 22, 2025
• Study Start: June 13, 2025
• Primary Completion: September 20, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 20, 2026
• Last Updated: June 22, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)