The Effect of Cognitive and Laughter Therapy on Psychological Symptoms in Nursing Students
NCT ID: NCT06344624
Last Updated: 2024-06-13
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
114 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-04-10
2024-06-12
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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During the b-CBT process, techniques such as breath-body awareness and self-identification, coping techniques for emotional and physical symptoms of depression, recognizing the interaction between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, cognitive restructuring to replace dysfunctional thoughts and internal dialogues with functional ones, and future planning will be employed. Laughter yoga will consist of four parts: deep breathing exercises, warm-up exercises, playful activities, and laughter exercises.
The results obtained from the research will provide an opportunity to identify methods that may be effective in helping nurses acquire the necessary skills to improve their mental health.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
DOUBLE
Research data will be coded as A and B and entered into the computer database by someone other than the researchers conducting the therapy sessions, and statistical analysis will be performed using this coding (statistician blinding).
Study Groups
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group
In the first sessions, less time was allotted to the introductory phase because it was anticipated that students would face similar issues in terms of age, gender, and academic standing, and that their depressive symptoms would be milder than those of clinical patient groups. Additionally, more intensive short-term cognitive behavioral therapy (b-CBT) was preferred. Six sessions, two per week for three weeks, lasting sixty minutes each, were planned, with four groups of eight to twelve students based on course schedules. A researcher with a doctorate in mental health nursing and certification in CBT will oversee CBT. The program aims to enhance students' mindful awareness. Key CBT techniques will include breath-body awareness, coping methods for emotional and physical depression symptoms (breathing and attention exercises), recognizing thought-emotion-behavior interactions, cognitive restructuring, and future planning.
CBT group
Brief cognitive behavioral therapy
Laughter Yoga Therapy Group
There will be a certified researcher leading the laughter yoga sessions. Laughter yoga will ideally allow participants to sit comfortably in front of each other's eyes. Six sessions, two per week for three weeks, lasting sixty minutes each, were planned, with four groups of eight to twelve students based on course schedules. Laughter yoga consists of four parts: deep breathing exercises, warm-up exercises, playful activities, and laughter exercises.
Laughter group
Laughter yoga therapy
Interventions
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CBT group
Brief cognitive behavioral therapy
Laughter group
Laughter yoga therapy
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Scored within the top 20% on the Brief Symptom Inventory for mental symptom scores.
* Voluntarily agree to participate in the study and have signed the Informed Consent Form.
* Understand and comprehend Turkish language
Exclusion Criteria
* Undergoing psychological or psychiatric treatment.
* Underwent surgical procedures in the last three months.
* Having chronic illnesses requiring regular medication use.
* Having glaucoma or hernia conditions.
18 Years
45 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Mersin University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Emine ÖNCÜ
Assoc.Prof
Principal Investigators
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EMİNE ÖNCÜ
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Mersin University
Locations
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Turkey, Mersin University
Mersin, , Turkey (Türkiye)
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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Mersin_U
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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