The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Psychological Wellness

Istanbul Gedik University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Laughter; Psychological; Gynecologic Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: laughter yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05843058

DBEYDAG002*

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the thesis is to determine the effect of laughter yoga on psychological well-being in women diagnosed with Gynecological Cancer.The population of the study consists of the patients registered in the oncology service of Tepecik Training and Research Hospital in Izmir. The study was carried out with 70 patients, 35 of which were interventions and 35 controls, who were treated in the oncology service of Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital.

Full description

The aim of the thesis is to determine the effect of laughter yoga on psychological well-being in women diagnosed with Gynecological Cancer.The population of the study consists of the patients registered in the oncology service of Tepecik Training and Research Hospital in Izmir. The study was carried out with 70 patients, 35 of which were interventions and 35 controls, who were treated in the oncology service of Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital between October 1, 2021 and April 1, 2022. In order to measure the effect of laughter yoga on psychological well-being, the Psychological Well-Being Scale was applied to both the experimental group and the control group patients.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 49 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Volunteering to participate in the study

  • Having the ability to read, write, speak and understand Turkish
  • Being diagnosed with gynecological cancer
  • Being in Stage II or Stage III of the gynecological cancer staging processes
  • The patient's internet access

Exclusion criteria

• The patient is Stage 4
• Lack of internet access

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

laughter yoga

Experimental group

Description:

The psychological well-being scale was filled in at the first encounter with the patient. Then, 12 sessions of laughter yoga were performed and after 12 sessions, the psychological well-being scale was applied again.(Laughter yoga was practiced twice a week for 6 weeks)

Treatment:

Behavioral: laughter yoga

Standard care

No Intervention group

Description:

The psychological well-being scale was filled in at the first encounter with the patient. Then, 6 weeks later, the psychological well-being scale was applied again.