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The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Nurses Psychological Resilience and Sleep Quality During the Pandemic Period

A

Ataturk University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Laughter Yoga

Treatments

Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Laughter exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Childish games
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Deep breathing exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Warm-up exercises

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05301244
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Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to determine the effects of laughter yoga on the psychological resilience and sleep quality of active nurses during the pandemic period. Initial stage of labor on randomized controlled birth outcomes and maternal satisfaction. A total of 100 nurses, determined by power analysis, were recruited into the randomized controlled, single-blind clinical study. The study included 2 groups (group A nurses who had active contact with patients diagnosed with or at risk of covid-19, group B: nurses who had active contact with patients diagnosed or at risk of covid-19 and participated in laughter yoga practice. Laughter yoga; immune system It has been proven by experimental studies that there is a connection between antibodies and endorphins, that it has a healing effect, that it accelerates the circulatory system as an adverse effect to stress, and that it has a vasodilation effect in the vessels.

Full description

The study data were collected by the researchers using online systems with the snowball method due to the pandemic. The inclusion criteria of the study (not having undergone abdominal surgery in the last three months, not having uncontrolled hypertension, not having glaucoma, hernia, epilepsy, not having received a psychiatric diagnosis-treatment, not having received a diagnosis-treatment for sleep problems, having done laughter yoga before) The study consisted of 100 nurses who agreed to participate in the study. Descriptive features form consisting of 13 questions, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to collect data. Research data were collected in 3 months. During the study, 4 people from the experimental group (3 people did not attend the sessions regularly, 1 person left voluntarily), 6 people from the control group (he left voluntarily) quit the study. Finally, the research was completed with 90 nurses, 46 of which were in the experimental group and 44 in the control group.

Enrollment

90 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Not have undergone abdominal surgery in the past three months
  • Not have uncontrolled hypertension
  • Not have epilepsy
  • Not have received a psychiatric diagnosis or treatment
  • Working actively during the pandemic period

Exclusion criteria

  • Not attending sessions regularly

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

90 participants in 5 patient groups

laughter yoga practice
Experimental group
Description:
Laughter yoga practiced by a researcher with a laughter yoga practitioner certificate
Treatment:
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Deep breathing exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Childish games
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Warm-up exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Laughter exercises
Laughter yoga session parts-1
Experimental group
Description:
Deep breathing exercises (5 minutes)
Treatment:
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Deep breathing exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Childish games
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Warm-up exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Laughter exercises
Laughter yoga session parts-2
Experimental group
Description:
Warm-up exercises (10 minutes)
Treatment:
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Deep breathing exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Childish games
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Warm-up exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Laughter exercises
Laughter yoga session parts-3
Experimental group
Description:
Childish games (10 minutes)
Treatment:
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Deep breathing exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Childish games
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Warm-up exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Laughter exercises
Laughter yoga session parts-4
Experimental group
Description:
Laughter exercises (15 minutes)
Treatment:
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Deep breathing exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Childish games
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Warm-up exercises
Other: laughter yoga for nurses-Laughter exercises

Trial contacts and locations

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