The Effect of Laughter Yoga Practiced Before Simulation Training

NCT ID: NCT05193955

Last Updated: 2023-04-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 72 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-02-28

Brief Summary

Simulation education has become one of the innovative educational approaches that are widely used in providing nursing students with knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards vocational courses. Simulation education provides students with the opportunity to combine their knowledge and skills and provide nursing care in a high-reality environment. However, the fact that simulation training is a method that requires the student to recognize a clinical event, make a clinical decision, and intervene with the patient in line with this decision may cause students to experience anxiety and affect their learning. Although there are limited studies conducted on nursing students, it is stated that new approaches such as laughter yoga are effective in reducing anxiety and stress levels. In this direction, this research; In this study, it was planned to investigate the effectiveness of laughter yoga in terms of reducing the anxiety experienced by nursing students during simulation training and increasing their learning satisfaction. The universe of the research will be the second-year students of Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing. As a result of the power analysis, it is aimed to reach 54 people. The study was planned in a randomized controlled design. Research data will be collected through Personal Information Form, State Anxiety Scale, Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale, Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students, and Students' Vital Findings Evaluation Form. With this study, it is predicted that laughter yoga to be applied to nursing students before simulation training will have a positive effect on state anxiety, student satisfaction, and perceived stress level.

Detailed Description

The study will be carried out in a randomized controlled design with the aim of determining the effect of laughter yoga applied before the simulation training on the state anxiety, student satisfaction, and perceived stress level of nursing students. After the power analysis to calculate the sample size of the study, a total of 36 students will be included in each group with 90% power and 5% margin of error for multiple variance analysis in repeated measurements in a 2x2 factorial pattern between groups. In the research, students who have applied laughter yoga and simulation application together will form the intervention group, and students who only participated in the simulation application will form the control group.

Conditions

Laughter; State Anxiety; Stress; Self Confidence; Satisfaction, Personal

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Intervention Group

undergraduate students who practice laughter yoga and simulation education together

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Laughter Yoga

Intervention Type: OTHER

Laughter yoga is one of the methods that is among the complementary therapy and supportive care practices in the world and is used increasingly. Laughter yoga is a non-invasive and non-pharmacological method that combines unconditional laughter with yoga breathing techniques. In laughter yoga, one can laugh without being humorous, joking, or funny. Laughter is simulated by starting out as a physical exercise and making eye contact with other members of the group and playing games with them. The body cannot distinguish between real and unreal laughter and laughter begins.

Control Group

undergraduate students who practice simulation education

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Laughter Yoga

Laughter yoga is one of the methods that is among the complementary therapy and supportive care practices in the world and is used increasingly. Laughter yoga is a non-invasive and non-pharmacological method that combines unconditional laughter with yoga breathing techniques. In laughter yoga, one can laugh without being humorous, joking, or funny. Laughter is simulated by starting out as a physical exercise and making eye contact with other members of the group and playing games with them. The body cannot distinguish between real and unreal laughter and laughter begins.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years and over,
• Students who voluntarily agree to participate in the research will be included in the research.

Exclusion Criteria

• Taking any medication that affects the heart rate,
• Having any psychiatric disease such as anxiety disorder,
• Students who do not accept to participate in the research will not be included in the research.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ayşe ARIKAN DÖNMEZ

Asst. Prof.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Ayşe ARIKAN DÖNMEZ, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing

Locations

Hacettepe University

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

KA-20027

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id