The Effect of Laughter Therapy in Women

Sinop University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Laughter; Migraine

Treatments: Behavioral: laughter therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05804812

sinopUmeryem-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Migraine: An episodic disorder consisting of severe headache, usually with photophobia (sensitivity to light), phonophobia (sensitivity to sound), and/or nausea (occasionally vomiting). Migraine is predominantly a female disease. The incidence of migraine was found to in women (18.2/1000 person-years) and between the ages of 15-19 in men (6.2/1000 person-years). The incidence of migraine was found to peak between the ages of 20-24 in women (18.2/1000 person-years) and between the ages of 15-19 in men (6.2/1000 person-years). Migraine treatments are generally classified as pharmacological (treatment with medication) and non-pharmacological (treatment with no medication). Laughter therapy has recently come to the fore as a non-pharmacological and alternative treatment in chronic pain management. In a randomized controlled study, 30 minutes of laughter therapy was applied to women on the 2nd and 6th days after mastectomy surgery and it was determined that women who received laughter therapy had a significant decrease in pain and anxiety levels. This study was planned to determine the effect of laughter therapy on women with migraine.

Full description

The research will be carried out with young girls who are studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Sinop University in the 2022-2023 academic spring semester. Inclusion criteria for the research: Faculty of Health Sciences, to study in the 2022-2023 academic spring semester, to have been diagnosed with migraine, to be young girls and to volunteer to participate in the research. Exclusion criteria from the study; Not studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences and not volunteering to participate in the research. The application and control group will be determined on random.org among the group that constitutes the sample of the study. Laughter therapy sessions will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. At the end of two months, the Personal Information Form and Psychological Well-Being Scale will be administered again to both the application group and the control group.

Enrollment: 53 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a nursing student,
• Being a female student,
• Volunteering to participate in the study.
• Being a woman
• Being diagnosed with migraine

Exclusion criteria

• Not to study as a nursing student

  • Being a male student
  • Not to volunteer to participate in the study
  • Not being a woman between the ages of 18 and 30

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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53 participants in 2 patient groups

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

At the beginning of the study, data collection tools Personal Information Form and Psychological Well-Being Scale will be applied to the control group. No intervention will be made in the control group. Measurement tools will be applied for the post-test.

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Inclusion criteria for the research: Faculty of Health Sciences, to study in the 2022-2023 academic spring semester, to have been diagnosed with migraine, to be young and to volunteer to participate in the research. Exclusion criteria from the study; Not studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences and not volunteering to participate in the research. The application and control group will be determined on random.org among the group that constitutes the sample of the study. Laughter therapy sessions will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. At the end of two months, the Personal Information Form and Psychological Well-Being Scale will be administered again to both the application group and the control group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: laughter therapy