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The Effect of Yoga and Laughter Yoga on Increasing the Psychological Resilience of Mothers

A

Adiyaman University Research Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Psychological Resilience
Depression
Anxiety
Stress

Treatments

Behavioral: Laughter Yoga
Behavioral: Yoga

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05005546
2021/085

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: The study will carried out in a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of yoga and laughter yoga on increasing the psychological resilience of mothers with their babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Method: The research will be carried out with mothers whose babies are treated in the neonatal intensive care unit. Mothers will be divided into three groups as yoga (n=20), laughter yoga (n=20) and control (n=20) by block randomization method. Research findings; Data Form will obtained by using "Introductory Characteristics Form", "Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21)" and "Psychological Resilience Scale".

Full description

Starting from the 1st week (5-7 days) after the birth, mothers will be given 10 sessions of laughter yoga (laughter group) and yoga (yoga group) twice a week for 45 minutes.DASS-21 and Resilience Scale will be administered to mothers in all groups at 1st, 3rd and 5th weeks.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Mothers who are older than 18 years of age,
  • whose gestational week is less than 32 weeks,
  • whose baby has been treated in the neonatal intensive care unit for at least one week,
  • who have internet access

Exclusion criteria

  • Mothers with a genetic disease or congenital anomaly in their baby

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

60 participants in 3 patient groups

Experimental: Yoga
Experimental group
Treatment:
Behavioral: Yoga
Experimental: Laughter Yoga
Experimental group
Treatment:
Behavioral: Laughter Yoga
Control
No Intervention group

Trial contacts and locations

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