Effects of Comedy Therapy on Anxiety and Vital Signs in Transplant Recipients

NCT ID: NCT06919588

Last Updated: 2025-09-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-04-01

Study Completion Date

2024-08-30

Brief Summary

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This study was conducted to investigate the effects of watching excerpts from classical Turkish comedy films on pre-transplant anxiety levels and vital signs in liver transplant recipients.

H1-0: Watching classical Turkish comedy films has no effect on preoperative anxiety in liver transplant recipients.

H1-1: Watching classical Turkish comedy films reduces preoperative anxiety in liver transplant recipients.

H2-0: Watching classical Turkish comedy films has no effect on preoperative vital signs in liver transplant recipients.

H2-1: Watching classical Turkish comedy films has a positive effect on preoperative vital signs in liver transplant recipients.

Detailed Description

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Intervention Group:

A patient introduction form and a state anxiety scale will be applied as a pre-test before transplant surgery, and vital signs will be checked. Patients will be shown 10-minute Turkish comedy films prepared by researchers before transplant surgery. After the intervention, vital signs will be checked as a post-test and a state anxiety scale will be applied. A quiet and calm environment will be provided in the patient room while patients are shown the comedy films.

Control Group:

A patient introduction form and a state anxiety scale will be applied as a pre-test before transplant surgery, and vital signs will be checked. No intervention will be made to the control group patients outside of the clinical protocol. After a certain waiting period (average of 30 minutes), the patients' vital signs will be checked and the state anxiety scale will be applied again.

Conditions

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Liver Transplant; Complications Stress Care Acceptor, Health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

It will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study in a pretestpost- test control group experimental model.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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comedy therapy

Before transplant surgery, a patient introduction form and a state anxiety scale will be applied as a pre-test, and vital signs will be checked. Patients will be shown 10-minute Turkish comedy films prepared by researchers before transplant surgery. After the intervention, vital signs will be checked as a post-test, and a state anxiety scale will be applied. While patients are shown the comedy films, a quiet and calm environment will be provided in the patient room.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

comedy therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Before the transplant surgery, the patients were shown 10-minute Turkish comedy films prepared by the researchers.

standard of care

Before transplant surgery, a patient introduction form and a state anxiety scale will be applied as a pre-test, and vital signs will be checked. No intervention will be made to the control group patients outside of the clinical protocol. After a certain waiting period (average of 30 minutes), the patients' vital signs will be checked and the state anxiety scale will be applied again.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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comedy therapy

Before the transplant surgery, the patients were shown 10-minute Turkish comedy films prepared by the researchers.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being over 18 years of age,
* Being a liver transplant recipient,
* Data obtained before transplantation,
* Not having any visual or auditory problems.

Exclusion Criteria

* Being under 18 years of age,
* Having any visual/auditory problems,
* Not accepting to participate in the study/wanting to leave,
* Not providing hemodynamic instability (sudden change in vital signs, etc.)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Bitlis Eren University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Serafettin Okutan

Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor Şerafettin OKUTAN, Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bitlis Eren University

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Şerafettin Okutan, Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Study Principal Investigator Bitlis Eren University

Locations

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Bitlis Eren University

Bitlis, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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okutan7

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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