Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Not yet recruiting
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT06216860 |
Other study ID # |
DuzceU-SBF-NYS-01 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Not yet recruiting |
Phase |
N/A
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
April 1, 2024 |
Est. completion date |
May 1, 2025 |
Study information
Verified date |
March 2024 |
Source |
Duzce University |
Contact |
Nuriye Yildirim Sisman, PhD |
Phone |
+905325026650 |
Email |
nuriye3[@]gmail.com,nuriyeyildirim[@]duzce.edu.tr |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
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.
Description:
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