A Five-Day Contagious Laughter Intervention for Adult Well-being

NCT07123571 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Laughter & Wellbeing
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this pilot trial is to determine the effectiveness of a five day contagious laughter intervention on adult well-being. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does exposure to a five-day online contagious laughter intervention improve subjective well-being in adults compared to waitlist controls? Does exposure to a five-day online contagious laughter intervention improve subjective mood status in adults compared to waitlist controls? Participants in the intervention group will: View a one-minute contagious laughter video each day for five days Complete the WHO5 Wellbeing index pre and post intervention Rate their mood status before and after each laughter video on each day of the intervention After viewing each video, rate how much they laughter along with the video on each day of the intervention Participants in the waitlist control group will: Complete the WHO5 wellbeing index at baseline and again after six days

Conditions

Well-being

Keywords

Well-being; Laughter

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Well-being

  Adult well-being will be assessed using the WHO5 Wellbeing Index (WBI) The WHO5 WBI is scored by summing the responses to five questions, each using a 6-point Likert scale (0-5). This derives a raw score between 0 and 25. This raw score is then multiplied by 4 to calculate a percentage score with a range of 0-100, where 0 represents the worst possible well-being and 100 represents the best.

  Well-being will be assessed at baseline (start of study) and will be reassessed on day six (one day after the five-day intervention). The final score range is 0-100 where 0 represents the worse possible well-being and 100 represents the best.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Subjective mood status

  The EmojiGrid is administered immediately before and after viewing each laughter video on each day of the five-day intervention. Subjective mood status is assessed on day 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the intervention both pre and post video viewing.

Study Arms (2)

Contagious Laughter Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Contagious Laughter

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Control group without intervention

Interventions

Contagious Laughter BEHAVIORAL

Contagious laughter videos

Contagious Laughter Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Male or female
• Resident of the United Arab Emirates
• Fluent in English and/or Arabic
• Access to a stable internet connection
• Access to a smartphone and/or laptop/tablet

You may not qualify if:

• Children (\<18 years old)
• Adults above 60 years old
• Those with cognitive and/or physical disabilities
• Those with hearing and/or vision impairment
• Illiterate, and/or individuals who did not (or were unable to) provide consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Zayed University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Zayed University

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Laughter

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nonverbal Communication; Communication; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 31, 2025
• First Posted: August 14, 2025
• Study Start: September 15, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 14, 2023
• Study Completion: September 30, 2023
• Last Updated: August 14, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Locations

AE (1)