The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Perceived Stress, Work Motivation, and Mental Well-Being

Celal Bayar University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Complementary Therapies; Mental Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Laughter Yoga Application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06161623

MCBU-K-CEVIK-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this randomized controlled experimental study is to examine the effect of laughter yoga applied to intensive care nurses on perceived stress, work motivation, and mental well-being.

Full description

The study was conducted with nurses working at Manisa Celal Bayar University Hospital's Surgical Intensive Care and Anesthesia Intensive Care units between December 2022 and March 2023. The Nurse Introduction Form, Nurse Work Motivation Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale were used to collect data.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 22 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Between 18-65 age

• Those who have worked as intensive care nurses for at least 6 months
• Those who agree to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those with chronic cough
• Those who have previously received laughter yoga training and practiced
• Those who had surgery within the last 3 months
• Those with diagnosed mental illness and those using medication (antidepressants, antipsychotics,anxiolytic, etc...)
• Those who have neurological diseases such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis
• Those who have recently experienced a loss (within at least 6 months)
• Those with neurological disorders
• Those who have urinary incontinence problems
• Those who did not agree to participate in the research

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

Laughter Yoga Application

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group took eight sessions of laughter yoga, that is, two sessions per week for 4 weeks. The participants in the intervention group were asked to fill in the data collection tools before the laughter yoga sessions, and after the 4th and 8th yoga sessions

Treatment:

Behavioral: Laughter Yoga Application

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants in the control group also filled in the data collection tools without undergoing any intervention.