Laughter Yoga in Midwifery Students

Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Laughter Yoga; Well-Being, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Laughter Yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07212348

Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of laughter yoga on well-being and psychological adjustment in first-year midwifery students and to evaluate its potential contributions in the context of adaptation to the educational process. The research is a randomized controlled experimental study. The study will be conducted at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University.

The population of the study consists of all students newly enrolled in the Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, in the 2025-2026 academic year. No sampling will be carried out; instead, all students who meet the inclusion criteria and volunteer to participate will be included in the study.

Participants will be randomly assigned to two groups: the experimental group (who will receive the laughter yoga intervention) and the control group (who will not receive any intervention). Thus, the study will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental research.

The research data will be collected using the General Health Questionnaire, Student Information Form, Subjective Well-Being Scale, Psychological Well-Being Scale, and The Short Version of the Scales of General Well-Being.

Full description

The study group consists of first-year students who started their studies in the Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, in the fall semester of the 2025-2026 academic year. Participants will first be screened psychologically using the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). Students who are found not suitable for the study based on psychological screening will be excluded from the research.

Students included in the study will be randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Students in the experimental group will participate in laughter yoga sessions conducted twice a week (Thursday and Friday) for four weeks, outside of class hours and in an indoor setting. The sessions will be carried out in subgroups of 9-10 students each, with a total of eight sessions. Students in the control group will not receive any intervention.

Data will be collected at three points: pre-test (October 2025, before the intervention), post-test (November 2025, at the end of the fourth week of the intervention), and follow-up test (December 2025, one month after the intervention).

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Newly enrolled in the Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University in the 2025-2026 academic year.
• Willing to participate in the study voluntarily.

Exclusion criteria

• İndividuals scoring 2 or higher on the GHQ-12.
• Those with urinary incontinence problems.
• Individuals who have recently undergone surgical operations.
• Those who regularly practice yoga, pilates, or similar sports/exercises.
• Individuals with asthma, COPD, or heart conditions.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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54 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Students in the experimental group will participate in laughter yoga sessions conducted twice a week (Thursday and Friday) for four weeks, outside of class hours and in an indoor setting. The sessions will be carried out in subgroups of 9-10 students each, with a total of eight sessions. After completing the eight-session intervention, participants were sent reminder exercises via WhatsApp group for four weeks, and participants provided feedback with emojis as they practiced.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Laughter Yoga

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Students in the control group will not receive any intervention.