A Five-Day Contagious Laughter Intervention for Adult Well-being

NCT ID: NCT07123571

Last Updated: 2025-08-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-15

Study Completion Date

2023-09-30

Brief Summary

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The goal of this pilot trial is to determine the effectiveness of a five day contagious laughter intervention on adult well-being. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does exposure to a five-day online contagious laughter intervention improve subjective well-being in adults compared to waitlist controls? Does exposure to a five-day online contagious laughter intervention improve subjective mood status in adults compared to waitlist controls?

Participants in the intervention group will:

View a one-minute contagious laughter video each day for five days Complete the WHO5 Wellbeing index pre and post intervention Rate their mood status before and after each laughter video on each day of the intervention After viewing each video, rate how much they laughter along with the video on each day of the intervention

Participants in the waitlist control group will:

Complete the WHO5 wellbeing index at baseline and again after six days

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Well-being

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Contagious Laughter Intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Contagious Laughter

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Contagious laughter videos

Control

Control group without intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Contagious Laughter

Contagious laughter videos

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female
* Resident of the United Arab Emirates
* Fluent in English and/or Arabic
* Access to a stable internet connection
* Access to a smartphone and/or laptop/tablet

Exclusion Criteria

* Children (\<18 years old)
* Adults above 60 years old
* Those with cognitive and/or physical disabilities
* Those with hearing and/or vision impairment
* Illiterate, and/or individuals who did not (or were unable to) provide consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Zayed University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Zayed University

Abu Dhabi, , United Arab Emirates

Site Status

Countries

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United Arab Emirates

Other Identifiers

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Laughter & Wellbeing

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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