The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Psychological Wellness

Gynecologic Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Psychological Wellness on Women With Gynecological Cancer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05843058
• Other study ID #: DBEYDAG002*
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Istanbul Gedik University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the thesis is to determine the effect of laughter yoga on psychological well-being in women diagnosed with Gynecological Cancer.The population of the study consists of the patients registered in the oncology service of Tepecik Training and Research Hospital in Izmir. The study was carried out with 70 patients, 35 of which were interventions and 35 controls, who were treated in the oncology service of Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital.

Description:

The aim of the thesis is to determine the effect of laughter yoga on psychological well-being in women diagnosed with Gynecological Cancer.The population of the study consists of the patients registered in the oncology service of Tepecik Training and Research Hospital in Izmir. The study was carried out with 70 patients, 35 of which were interventions and 35 controls, who were treated in the oncology service of Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital between October 1, 2021 and April 1, 2022. In order to measure the effect of laughter yoga on psychological well-being, the Psychological Well-Being Scale was applied to both the experimental group and the control group patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 49 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• • Volunteering to participate in the study
• Having the ability to read, write, speak and understand Turkish
• Being diagnosed with gynecological cancer
• Being in Stage II or Stage III of the gynecological cancer staging processes
• The patient's internet access

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patient is Stage 4
• Lack of internet access

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gynecologic Cancer
• Psychological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• laughter yoga
The effect of laughter yoga on psychological wellness in women with gynecological cancer has been evaluated.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Kerime Derya BEYDAG	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Istanbul Gedik University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (6)

Bennett PN, Hussein WF, Reiterman M, Yu J, Schiller B. The effects of laughter therapy on depression symptoms in patients undergoing center hemodialysis: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Hemodial Int. 2020 Oct;24(4):541-549. doi: 10.1111/hdi.12870. Epub 2020 Aug 25. — View Citation

Cho EA, Oh HE. [Effects of laughter therapy on depression, quality of life, resilience and immune responses in breast cancer survivors]. J Korean Acad Nurs. 2011 Jun;41(3):285-93. doi: 10.4040/jkan.2011.41.3.285. Korean. — View Citation

Demir Dogan M. The Effect of Laughter Therapy on Anxiety: A Meta-analysis. Holist Nurs Pract. 2020 Jan/Feb;34(1):35-39. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000363. — View Citation

Ghodsbin F, Sharif Ahmadi Z, Jahanbin I, Sharif F. The effects of laughter therapy on general health of elderly people referring to jahandidegan community center in shiraz, iran, 2014: a randomized controlled trial. Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery. 2015 Jan;3(1):31-8. — View Citation

Hatzipapas I, Visser MJ, Janse van Rensburg E. Laughter therapy as an intervention to promote psychological well-being of volunteer community care workers working with HIV-affected families. SAHARA J. 2017 Dec;14(1):202-212. doi: 10.1080/17290376.2017.1402696. — View Citation

Kim SH, Kim YH, Kim HJ. Laughter and Stress Relief in Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:864739. doi: 10.1155/2015/864739. Epub 2015 May 24. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Psychological well-being scale (PWS)	Change in Psychological well-being scale (PWS); is a 7-point Likert type scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (7). All items are expressed positively. The lowest score is 8 and the highest score is 56. A high score indicates that the individual has many psychological resources and strengths.; The effect of laughter yoga on psychological wellness.	6 months