The Effect of Laughter Therapy in Women

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

53 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-04-06

Study Completion Date

2023-06-28

Brief Summary

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Migraine: An episodic disorder consisting of severe headache, usually with photophobia (sensitivity to light), phonophobia (sensitivity to sound), and/or nausea (occasionally vomiting). Migraine is predominantly a female disease. The incidence of migraine was found to in women (18.2/1000 person-years) and between the ages of 15-19 in men (6.2/1000 person-years). The incidence of migraine was found to peak between the ages of 20-24 in women (18.2/1000 person-years) and between the ages of 15-19 in men (6.2/1000 person-years). Migraine treatments are generally classified as pharmacological (treatment with medication) and non-pharmacological (treatment with no medication). Laughter therapy has recently come to the fore as a non-pharmacological and alternative treatment in chronic pain management. In a randomized controlled study, 30 minutes of laughter therapy was applied to women on the 2nd and 6th days after mastectomy surgery and it was determined that women who received laughter therapy had a significant decrease in pain and anxiety levels. This study was planned to determine the effect of laughter therapy on women with migraine.

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Detailed Description

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The research will be carried out with young girls who are studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Sinop University in the 2022-2023 academic spring semester. Inclusion criteria for the research: Faculty of Health Sciences, to study in the 2022-2023 academic spring semester, to have been diagnosed with migraine, to be young girls and to volunteer to participate in the research. Exclusion criteria from the study; Not studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences and not volunteering to participate in the research. The application and control group will be determined on random.org among the group that constitutes the sample of the study. Laughter therapy sessions will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. At the end of two months, the Personal Information Form and Psychological Well-Being Scale will be administered again to both the application group and the control group.

Conditions

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Migraine Laughter

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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control group

At the beginning of the study, data collection tools Personal Information Form and Psychological Well-Being Scale will be applied to the control group.

No intervention will be made in the control group. Measurement tools will be applied for the post-test.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

experimental group

Inclusion criteria for the research: Faculty of Health Sciences, to study in the 2022-2023 academic spring semester, to have been diagnosed with migraine, to be young and to volunteer to participate in the research. Exclusion criteria from the study; Not studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences and not volunteering to participate in the research. The application and control group will be determined on random.org among the group that constitutes the sample of the study. Laughter therapy sessions will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. At the end of two months, the Personal Information Form and Psychological Well-Being Scale will be administered again to both the application group and the control group.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

laughter therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assigned Interventions Laughter therapy session will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. In the laughter therapy session, the practices of introducing the practitioner and introducing the therapy, breathing exercises for a healthy life, keeping the rhythm accompanied by music, turning the laughter that started as if it were childlike games into reality will be carried out.

Interventions

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laughter therapy

Assigned Interventions Laughter therapy session will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. In the laughter therapy session, the practices of introducing the practitioner and introducing the therapy, breathing exercises for a healthy life, keeping the rhythm accompanied by music, turning the laughter that started as if it were childlike games into reality will be carried out.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being a nursing student,
* Being a female student,
* Volunteering to participate in the study.
* Being a woman
* Being diagnosed with migraine

Exclusion Criteria

* Not to study as a nursing student

* Being a male student
* Not to volunteer to participate in the study
* Not being a woman between the ages of 18 and 30

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes