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Effect of Laughter Therapy on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life

NCT05391373 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2022-06-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer seen in women worldwide and ranks first. Chemotherapy is one of the commonly used methods of treatment in breast cancer. Physiological and psychological symptoms that occur due to chemotherapy treatment affect women negatively and reduce their quality of life. For this reason, there is a need for an intervention that could decrease psychological symptoms such as stress and improve quality of life in women with breast cancer. In the literature, it is stated that laughter therapy which is one of the non-pharmacological methods, can be an effective nursing intervention to decrease stress and improve the quality of life in women with breast cancer.

Conditions

  • Laughter Therapy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Laughter therapy

Each session started with a 10-minute breathing exercise accompanied by relaxing music, followed by 20-minute laughing exercises. Afterwards, the session was ended with a 10-minute meditation accompanied by relaxing music.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Izmir Bakircay University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-17
Primary Completion
2022-05-31
Completion
2022-06-12

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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