Effect of Laughter Yoga on Sleep Quality and Happiness

Sleep Quality Clinical Trial

Official title:

Investigation of the Effect of Laughter Yoga on Sleep Quality and Happiness in Individuals

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05358197
• Other study ID #: OsmaniyeKAU
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
• Contact: Kevser Sevgi ÜNAL ASLAN
• Phone: +905059301154
• Email: kevser-sevgi[@]hotmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In this study, the effect of laughter yoga on sleep quality and happiness level in individuals with sleep problems will be investigated. Yoga exercises will be done for about 30 minutes with a laughter yoga instructor 3 days a week for a month.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 65
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 15, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

individuals with sleep problems individuals without mental illness

Exclusion Criteria:

those who use sleeping pills those with mental disabilities

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sleep Quality

Intervention

Other:
• yoga
laughter yoga

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Aksaray University	Aksaray

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Osmaniye Korkut Ata University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Laughter yoga improves sleep quality	The PSQI allows evaluating the quality and disturbances of sleep over one month. The questionnaire consists of 19 self-assessed questions that are categorized into 7 components: 1) sleep quality, 2) sleep latency, 3) sleep duration, 4) sleep efficiency, 5) sleep disorders, 6) medication use to sleep, and 7) daytime sleepiness. Each component is classified in a score ranging from 0 to 3. The sum of the scores for these 7 components produces a score ranging from 0 to 21. It presents a cutoff point where it considers good sleep quality if PSQI=5 and poor sleep quality if PSQI>5 21	1-15. day
Primary	Laughter yoga improves happiness	"Oxford Happiness Scale Short Form OHS-F", developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) and adapted into Turkish by Dogan and Cotok (2011) was used. Oxford Happiness Scale consists of 7 expressions in one sub-dimension. The expressions on the 5-item Likert scale are answered as (1) Disagree - (5) Completely agree.	1-15. day
Primary	Laughter yoga improves sleep quality	The PSQI allows evaluating the quality and disturbances of sleep over one month. The questionnaire consists of 19 self-assessed questions that are categorized into 7 components: 1) sleep quality, 2) sleep latency, 3) sleep duration, 4) sleep efficiency, 5) sleep disorders, 6) medication use to sleep, and 7) daytime sleepiness. Each component is classified in a score ranging from 0 to 3. The sum of the scores for these 7 components produces a score ranging from 0 to 21. It presents a cutoff point where it considers good sleep quality if PSQI=5 and poor sleep quality if PSQI>5 21	30. DAY
Primary	Laughter yoga improves happiness	"Oxford Happiness Scale Short Form OHS-F", developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) and adapted into Turkish by Dogan and Cotok (2011) was used. Oxford Happiness Scale consists of 7 expressions in one sub-dimension. The expressions on the 5-item Likert scale are answered as (1) Disagree - (5) Completely agree.	30. day