The Effect of Laughter Therapy in Women

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Migraine: An episodic disorder consisting of severe headache, usually with photophobia (sensitivity to light), phonophobia (sensitivity to sound), and/or nausea (occasionally vomiting). Migraine is predominantly a female disease. The incidence of migraine was found to in women (18.2/1000 person-years) and between the ages of 15-19 in men (6.2/1000 person-years). The incidence of migraine was found to peak between the ages of 20-24 in women (18.2/1000 person-years) and between the ages of 15-19 in men (6.2/1000 person-years). Migraine treatments are generally classified as pharmacological (treatment with medication) and non-pharmacological (treatment with no medication). Laughter therapy has recently come to the fore as a non-pharmacological and alternative treatment in chronic pain management. In a randomized controlled study, 30 minutes of laughter therapy was applied to women on the 2nd and 6th days after mastectomy surgery and it was determined that women who received laughter therapy had a significant decrease in pain and anxiety levels. This study was planned to determine the effect of laughter therapy on women with migraine.

Clinical Trial Description

The research will be carried out with young girls who are studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Sinop University in the 2022-2023 academic spring semester. Inclusion criteria for the research: Faculty of Health Sciences, to study in the 2022-2023 academic spring semester, to have been diagnosed with migraine, to be young girls and to volunteer to participate in the research. Exclusion criteria from the study; Not studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences and not volunteering to participate in the research. The application and control group will be determined on random.org among the group that constitutes the sample of the study. Laughter therapy sessions will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. At the end of two months, the Personal Information Form and Psychological Well-Being Scale will be administered again to both the application group and the control group. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT05804812
Study type	Interventional
Source	Sinop University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	April 6, 2023
Completion date	June 28, 2023

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