The Effect of Laughter Yoga on the Secondary Traumatic Stress Level and Psychological Well-Being of Midwives

NCT ID: NCT05933915

Last Updated: 2023-07-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-01

Study Completion Date

2024-08-01

Brief Summary

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Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of laughter yoga, which includes various relaxing practices, on secondary trauma levels and psychological well-being of midwives. The study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study. This RCT will be administered following the CONSORT 2010 guidelines.

Material and Methods: Considering the case losses in the study, it was planned to create a total of 80 midwives, 40 in the intervention group and 40 in the control group. Laughter yoga will be practiced in the intervention group. No intervention will be made on the control group. Data were collected by using the Personal Information Form, Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, Psychological Well-Being Scale.

Detailed Description

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Physiologically, laughter increases blood oxygen saturation, beta endorphin levels increase; It is stated that it has psychological effects such as reducing anxiety, stress, depression and facilitating social communication. Laughter yoga is a non-pharmacological therapy. Laughter yoga is also used to improve general health, reduce mental symptoms, and improve quality of life. Midwives will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups, and computer-assisted randomization, one of the fixed probability randomization methods, will be used (https://www.randomizer.org/#randomize). The study will be conducted single-blind. The researcher who will do the laughter yoga and the researcher who will apply the evaluation questionnaires will be different. The researcher who will make the analysis and evaluation will be blind to the groups of midwives.

Midwives in the intervention group of the research will apply 8 sessions of laughter yoga, 2 sessions a week. Laughter yoga will be practiced by researchers with leadership certification. Each session will take an average of 45 minutes. Laughter Yoga sessions will be held on the web through the "Zoom" program. Each session will consist of groups of 8 people. Before starting the laughter yoga, 5 separate WhatsApp groups consisting of 8 people will be established to provide faster and easier communication with the midwives in the intervention group, and communication will be provided by informing and communicating about the sessions. Before starting the application, the "Zoom" program will be downloaded to the phones or computers of the midwives in the intervention group. "Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale" and "Psychological Well-Being Scale" will be applied to midwives before and 4-6 weeks after the application.

Control Group: No intervention will be applied to the control group midwives, and the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale" and "Psychological Well-Being Scale" will be applied again when they are included in the study and 4-6 weeks later.

Conditions

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Laughter Yoga

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Single blind randomized controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Intervention Group (Laughter yoga group) (n:40)

Laughter yoga will be practiced to midwives in the intervention group.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

group-based laughter yoga

Intervention Type OTHER

Midwives in the intervention group of the research will apply 8 sessions of laughter yoga, 2 sessions a week. Laughter yoga will be practiced by researchers with leadership certification. Each session will take an average of 45 minutes. Laughter Yoga sessions will be held on the web through the "Zoom" program. Each session will consist of groups of 8 people.

Control Group (n:40)

The control group will not be subjected to any application.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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group-based laughter yoga

Midwives in the intervention group of the research will apply 8 sessions of laughter yoga, 2 sessions a week. Laughter yoga will be practiced by researchers with leadership certification. Each session will take an average of 45 minutes. Laughter Yoga sessions will be held on the web through the "Zoom" program. Each session will consist of groups of 8 people.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being a midwifery graduate and working actively in the field
* Volunteering to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria

* Any psychiatric diagnosis
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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YASEMİN AYDIN KARTAL

Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Yasemin Aydın Kartal Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Aleyna Bulut Research Assistant

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Sema Aker Research Assistant

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Locations

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University of Health Sciences

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Yasemin Aydın Kartal Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Role: CONTACT

+90 543 287 00 29

Aleyna Bulut Research Assistant

Role: CONTACT

+90 536 562 61 84

Facility Contacts

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Yasemin Aydın Kartal Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Role: primary

+90 543 287 00 29

Aleyna Bulut Research Assistant

Role: backup

+90 562 61 84

Other Identifiers

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SBU-AYDINKARTAL002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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