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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of laughter yoga on mindfulness, professional resilience and self-care among nurses. The hypotheses of the study suggested that laughter yoga would have an effect on mindfulness, professional resilience and self-care scores among nurses.


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Laughter yoga is an independent nursing intervention that includes breathing and laughter exercises. Studies have proven that laughter yoga decreases stress hormones, increases hormones such as endorphins, decreases leukocytes and provides protection against infection, accelerates circulation, increases pain tolerance and quality of life, decreases blood pressure, stress, anxiety and tension, improves mental well-being and self-esteem, improves memory and creative thinking skills, and strengthens interpersonal communication. Many of these studies have been conducted in patients, healthy adults, the elderly, nursing and university students. There are a limited number of studies in which laughter yoga was applied as an intervention in a sample of nurses. In the studies, it was determined that laughter yoga decreased cortisol hormone, fatigue levels, perceived stress, burnout levels, increased life satisfaction, attention levels and individual work performance, psychological resilience and sleep quality in nurses. Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of laughter yoga on mindfulness, professional resilience and self-care among nurses. Method: The study is planned as an experimental research with a randomized controlled pretest-posttest control group. This study is planned to be conducted in Düzce Atatürk State Hospital between February 2024 and December 2024. The sample size for the study was calculated using the G*Power 3.1.9.7 program. There was no article that could be taken as a reference for the scales included in this study. Therefore, taking a medium effect level (d=0.5), 5% margin of error (α=0.05), 80% power (1β=0.80) and 1:2 intervention-control group ratio, the number of people who should be included in the study according to the one-way hypothesis was found as 38 participants for the intervention group and 76 participants for the control group. Assuming drop outs, the sample size will be determined as 40 participants for the experimental group and 80 participants for the control group. The data will be collected through "Personal Information Form", "Five Dimensional Mindfulness Scale", "Skovholt Professional Resilience and Self-Care Inventory" and "Post Laughter Yoga Evaluation Form ;


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NCT number NCT06216860
Study type Interventional
Source Duzce University
Contact Nuriye Yildirim Sisman, PhD
Phone +905325026650
Email nuriye3@gmail.com,nuriyeyildirim@duzce.edu.tr
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date April 1, 2024
Completion date May 1, 2025

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