The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Nurses' Perceived Stress, Sleep Quality, and Burnout Levels

Healthy Participants Clinical Trial

Official title: The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Nurses' Perceived Stress, Sleep Quality, and Burnout Levels: An Experimental Study

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of laughter yoga on nurses' perceived stress, sleep quality, and burnout levels.

Clinical Trial Description

In the literature, it has been found that laughter yoga improves mental health and respiratory functions, positively influences sleep, reduces stress, creates positive mood, enhances cognitive functions, reduces pain, and facilitates circulation. Nurses are a high-risk occupational group for stress, sleep problems, and burnout due to their working conditions and patient care burdens. The aim of this planned study is to examine the effects of laughter yoga on nurses' perceived stress, sleep quality, and burnout levels.

The sample size for the experimental study, which will be conducted as a pre-test post-test control group design, was calculated using the G*Power 3.1.9.7 program. Sample size calculation was performed for the independent-samples t-test. The effect size used in the calculation was based on the results of the study conducted by Çelik and Kılınç (2022). With an effect size of 2.20 (d = 2.20), a 5% error margin (α = 0.05), and 95% power (1-β = 0.95), the sample size for each group was calculated as 6. However, considering the high effect size obtained from the reference study, a recommended effect size of 0.80 (d = 0.50), a 5% error margin (α = 0.05), and 80% power (1-β = 0.80) were used, resulting in a sample size of 26 for each group. Taking into account the possibility of data loss, the sample size for each group was increased by 20%, and a total of 64 participants, with 32 participants in each group, were planned to be included in the sampling. Nurses participating in the study will be stratified according to the units they work in (internal and surgical units) and randomized. In data collection, the Demographic Characteristics Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale, Jenkins Sleep Scale, and Maslach Burnout Scale will be used. For data analysis, number percentage distribution and descriptive statistics will be used to describe demographic characteristics. Differences between basic descriptive characteristics of nurses in the experimental and control groups will be analyzed using Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests. The relationship between the scale score averages of the experimental and control groups will be analyzed using independent-samples t-tests and the Mann-Whitney U test. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burnout, Psychological
• Healthy Participants

• NCT number: NCT06350747
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Celal Bayar University
• Contact: Özge TOPSAKAL, PhD
• Phone: 05549165599
• Email: ozgebydr_19@hotmail.com
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2024
• Completion date: July 30, 2024