The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Burnout and Spiritual Well-Being

Izmir Democracy University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burnout

Treatments: Other: Laughter yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07208474

IDU-SBE-ÖE-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Laughter yoga, a complementary and alternative therapy, is suggested to reduce stress and promote psychological resilience. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of laughter yoga on burnout and spiritual well-being among intensive care nurses.This randomized controlled trial was conducted with 70 intensive care nurses in a university hospital, assigned to the intervention (n = 34) and control (n = 36) groups. The intervention group participated in eight laughter yoga sessions, while the control group received no intervention.

Full description

Laughter yoga, a complementary and alternative therapy, is suggested to reduce stress and promote psychological resilience. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of laughter yoga on burnout and spiritual well-being among intensive care nurses.This randomized controlled trial was conducted with 70 intensive care nurses in a university hospital, assigned to the intervention (n = 34) and control (n = 36) groups. The intervention group participated in eight laughter yoga sessions, while the control group received no intervention. Data were collected using the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Spiritual Well-Being Scale at baseline and after the intervention. Descriptive statistics, paired and independent t-tests, and correlation analyses were performed.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: age between 18-65 years, being a ICU nurse, voluntary and at least six months of ICU experience.

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Exclusion Criteria: prior laughter yoga experience, engagement in other non-pharmacological or pharmacological interventions for burnout, a diagnosed psychiatric disorder requiring medication, physical limitations (e.g., respiratory problems, vertigo, cardiac disease, hernia, epilepsy), recent surgery (within the last three months), lack of internet access or inability to use the online platform, failure to attend all sessions, or incomplete post-test data.

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Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

laughter yoga sessions

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention: Laughter yoga 8 sessions

Treatment:

Other: Laughter yoga

No Intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

No Intervention