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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
80 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-10-01
2025-07-30
Brief Summary
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Laughter is a universal response to humorous stimuli that exists in our lives. Laughter yoga is holistic with breathing techniques. It is a form of yoga that utilizes the brain's inability to distinguish between real and fake laughter. Laughter yoga helps people cope with stressful times and helps the person control themselves by reducing negative cognitive reactions. In line with this information, the aim of the study was to determine the effect of laughter yoga applied to pregnant women with gestational diabetes on perceived stress and quality of life.
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Detailed Description
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) defines GDM as "abnormal glucose tolerance that begins in pregnancy or is first diagnosed during pregnancy." However, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) want to distinguish cases with possible diabetes diagnosed before pregnancy and diagnosed during pregnancy from glucose intolerance that occurs as a result of pregnancy and is related to pregnancy. Laughter is a universal response to humorous stimuli that exists in our lives. Laughter yoga is holistic with breathing techniques. It is a form of yoga that utilizes the brain's inability to distinguish between real and fake laughter. Laughter yoga helps people cope with stressful times and helps the person control themselves by reducing negative cognitive reactions. Laughter yoga is a non-pharmacological and non-invasive alternative treatment method. Laughter yoga is a type of communication that combines pleasant emotions, smiles, and laughter. It is a different approach from medical treatments; indicates that the psychological aspects of the brain must change in order for both the mind and body to be healthy. Maternal complications increase in pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes. The prospective psychological concerns experienced by the pregnant woman (low risk, preterm birth, low birth weight) negatively affect the quality of life of the pregnant woman. In line with this information, the aim of the study was to determine the effect of laughter yoga applied to pregnant women with gestational diabetes on perceived stress and quality of life.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Laughter yoga group
Laughter yoga will be performed in 8 sessions, 2 days a week for 4 weeks. The duration of each session will be 40 minutes. Laughter yoga sessions will be held on a day suitable for all participants and with the participation of at least 8 people. The session will start with warm-up exercises and continue with laughter exercises. People in the group will do these exercises with the guidance of the researcher.
Laughter yoga
Part 1: Deep Breathing Exercises: Raise the arms up towards the sky and take a deep breath as possible and hold the breath for 4-5 seconds. This application is repeated several times. This section takes approximately 5-10 minutes.
Part 2: Warm-up exercises: Hands are kept parallel to each other and clapped. The tips of the fingers and palms touch each other, the acupuncture points on both hands are stimulated and the individual's energy level increases.
Section 3: Childish Games: In this section there are childish games. These games are visualized in the mind and the participants are asked to raise their arms upwards in the shape of the letter "Y".This section takes approximately 10 minutes.
Section 4: Laughter Exercises: Participants are given verbal guidance such as "Put your hand on your heart, feel your heartbeat, let's exhale with a smile, let's make a wish or pray" and the laughter exercise is terminated. This section takes approximately 15 minutes.
Control group
Participants in this group will consist of people who do not routinely do any practice on their own to reduce anxiety and increase life quality. The researcher will ask the participants via phone 4 times a week for 1 month whether they have taken any action to reduce their anxiety and increase life quality symptoms.
Participants who use any of the pharmacological or non-pharmacological practices to reduce anxiety and increase life quality symptoms will be excluded from the study.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Laughter yoga
Part 1: Deep Breathing Exercises: Raise the arms up towards the sky and take a deep breath as possible and hold the breath for 4-5 seconds. This application is repeated several times. This section takes approximately 5-10 minutes.
Part 2: Warm-up exercises: Hands are kept parallel to each other and clapped. The tips of the fingers and palms touch each other, the acupuncture points on both hands are stimulated and the individual's energy level increases.
Section 3: Childish Games: In this section there are childish games. These games are visualized in the mind and the participants are asked to raise their arms upwards in the shape of the letter "Y".This section takes approximately 10 minutes.
Section 4: Laughter Exercises: Participants are given verbal guidance such as "Put your hand on your heart, feel your heartbeat, let's exhale with a smile, let's make a wish or pray" and the laughter exercise is terminated. This section takes approximately 15 minutes.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Answering the survey and scale forms completely
* Being 18 years of age or older
* Being able to read and understand Turkish
* Not having any physical or mental problems that would prevent communication
* Pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes
* Being in social media accounts and WhatsApp groups
* Scoring 35 and above on the STAI scale
* Scoring 37 and above on the quality of life scale during pregnancy
Exclusion Criteria
* Incomplete responses to surveys and scales
* Being under the age of 18
* Not understanding Turkish
* Having any physical or mental problems that would prevent communication
* Pregnant women who have not been diagnosed with gestational diabetes
20 Years
35 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Kırklareli University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Ayca Solt Kirca
Asssociate professor
Principal Investigators
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AYCA SOLT KIRCA, Phd
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Kırklareli University
Locations
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Kırklareli University
Kırklareli, , Turkey (Türkiye)
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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KırklareliAS-12
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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