The Effect of Laughter Therapy on Hemodialysis Patients

Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Hemodialysis

Life Quality

Depression, Anxiety

Laughter Therapy

Treatments

Other: Laughter therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05726552

ZNGLDKBEUSBF

Details and patient eligibility

About

Internet-based behavioral therapy applications made during the quarantine and isolation period during the pandemic process, and the application of laughter therapy, which is a group-oriented technique that increases the feeling of togetherness and happiness, can be used as an online method to reach large masses. However, since there are a limited number of studies in the literature on online laughter therapy in patients and not all sessions are online in the study, it was thought that more and methodological studies are needed to confirm the effectiveness of the therapy on the applicability of the online platform. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the blood cortisol levels, depression, anxiety, stress levels and quality of life of laughter therapy in hemodialysis patients.

Full description

In this research, laughter therapy applied to hemodialysis patients; This is an experimental design with pretest and posttest control groups in order to examine the effects on serum cortisol levels, depression, anxiety, stress levels and quality of life. The study will be conducted between April 2021 and September 2022 on 80 patients who are receiving hemodialysis treatment in two Dialysis Centers in Zonguldak city center and meet the inclusion criteria. Introductory information form, Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale, Kidney Disease Quality of Life Form will be used in the study and blood samples will be taken from the patients for cortisol. Laughter therapy will be applied three days a week, for a total of 12 sessions for 4 weeks.

Enrollment

69 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Do not prevent you from doing laughter yoga (having undergone abdominal surgery in the last three months, uncontrollable hypertension, chronic cough, incontinence, acute low back pain, acute mental disorders, consumption of antipsychotic drugs, glaucoma, hernia, epilepsy)
History of psychiatric illness (major depression, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, schizophrenia or paranoid disorders, personality disorder, somatoform disorder)
Standardized Mini Mental Test (SMMT) score 24>
Not doing laughter yoga before
Being able to use smart phone/computer/tablet and using internet applications actively

Exclusion criteria