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Feasibility and Acceptability of Laughter Yoga in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Parents

NCT06326255 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2025-09-19

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Summary

This is a pilot randomised controlled trial to explore the acceptability and feasibility of laughter yoga about anxiety and depression reduction in children with ASD and parenting stress reduction for their parents. Hypotheses of this study include:

1. Laughter yoga is acceptable to children with ASD and their parents.
2. Laughter yoga is feasible for anxiety and depression reduction in children with ASD and parenting stress reduction in their parents.
3. Participants in the experimental group will have significantly more reduction in depression, anxiety and parental stress than those in the wait-list-control group.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

laughter yoga

each class, including warm-up exercises, laughter yoga exercises, breathing and a relaxation session and sharing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • LAM Chung Yan Hemio

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chung Yan Lam · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-15
Primary Completion
2026-02-01
Completion
2026-12-01

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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Diseases

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