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The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis

NCT07128264 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-08-17

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Summary

This study will be conducted to evaluate the effects of laughter yoga on disease activity, pain, functional status, depression/anxiety/stress, and quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis patients.

Conditions

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Laughter Yoga

Laughter eliminates feelings such as hopelessness, anger, and anxiety, thereby alleviating stress, depression, and anxiety, raising the pain threshold, reducing stress, accelerating blood circulation, strengthening immunity, improving quality of life, strengthening memory, reducing tension, and relaxing muscles. Based on these positive effects, laughter yoga is a complementary treatment method that combines humor and laughter. Laughter yoga sessions will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams in a quiet and peaceful environment at home. The first 10-minute section consists of warm-up exercises (warming up and clapping). The second 10-minute section consists of deep breathing exercises that prepare the lungs for laughter. The third 10-minute section consists of childlike games that induce laughter without humor. The fourth and final 15-minute section consists of laughter exercises that enable laughter without any jokes, comedy, or humor.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ataturk University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Emine KIYAK, Prof.Dr. · Ataturk University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-29
Primary Completion
2026-04-30
Completion
2026-04-30

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