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The Effect of Laughter Therapy on Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT04786483 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2021-03-08

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Summary

This study was designed as a randomized controlled, pre-test-post-test control group in order to determine the effect of laughter therapy on anxiety, life satisfaction and psychological well-being of nursing students. Laughter therapy was applied to the experimental group for at least 60 minutes, 10 sessions two days a week. For the evaluation, the state-continuity anxiety scale, life satisfaction scale, psychological well-being scale were applied at the pre-application stage (pre-test) and after the laughter therapy sessions (post-test). The following hypotheses were included in this study;

H1: Laughter therapy given during the Covid19 pandemic reduces the anxiety level of intern students.

H2: Laughter therapy given during the Covid19 pandemic affects the life satisfaction of intern students.

H3: During the Covid19 pandemic process, the laughter therapy given to interns affects the relationship between anxiety levels and life satisfaction.

H4: Laughter therapy given to intern students during the Covid19 pandemic process affects psychological well-being.

Conditions

  • Laughter Yoga
  • Anxiety
  • Life Satisfaction
  • Psychological Well-being
  • COVID-19

Interventions

OTHER

Laughter Theraphy

Laughter therapy will be applied for 60 minutes, 10 sessions, 2 days a week. The therapy, which starts with the stimulation of the acupuncture points in the palm and acquaintance with hand clapping for an average of 10 minutes, continues with deep breathing and breathing exercises that include diaphragmatic breathing. The childish games section, which is played to reveal and trigger simulated laughter, is the section where laughter starts as "if" and turns into reality. The last part is the part where the group makes eye contact for no reason and for no reason, and laughs for at least 3 minutes unconditionally. In the last part, wish meditation and relaxation sessions are performed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Prof. Dr. Şule Ecevit Alpar

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Şule Ecevit Alpar, Doctorate · Üniversite

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-11-01
Primary Completion
2021-01-30
Completion
2021-05-10

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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