The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Preoperative Anxiety in Pediatric Patients

NCT07577024 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2025-515
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The effect of laughter yoga on a child's pre-operative anxiety.

Conditions

Pre-operative Anxiety

Keywords

laughter yoga; children; pre-operative anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• pre-operative anxiety

  modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS scale) will be applied.

  First arrival at the preoperative area, 10 minutes after laughter yoga.

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The group receiving laughter therapy.

Other: laughter therapy

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The group receiving routine services.

Interventions

laughter therapy OTHER

Within the scope of the study, children in the intervention group-who are brought to the preoperative area one hour in advance as per routine practice-will be administered a pre-test by a blinded nurse researcher, followed by a laughter yoga session conducted by the researcher lasting approximately 30 minutes. To allow the physiological and psychological effects of the intervention to stabilize, the post-test will be administered 10 minutes after the session. In the control group receiving routine care without laughter yoga, the pre-test will be administered, and a post-test will be performed after a 40-minute waiting period to ensure consistency in the time criteria between the two groups.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Speaking Turkish
• Having American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I and II certifications
• Planned as an elective operation
• Children aged 5-12 undergoing their first surgery
• Having no chronic illnesses

You may not qualify if:

• Children with accompanying chronic illnesses and/or psychological disorders
• Children with health problems that prevent them from doing laughter yoga (urinary incontinence, persistent cough, etc.)
• Parents and children who refuse to participate in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi: lead

Study Sites (1)

Etlik city hospital

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Laughter Therapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 13, 2026
• First Posted: May 11, 2026
• Study Start: January 1, 2026
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2026
• Study Completion: February 28, 2026
• Last Updated: May 22, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)