The Effect of Laughter Therapy in Women
Condition: Migraine; Laughter
MeSH terms: Migraine Disorders
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Migraine: An episodic disorder consisting of severe headache, usually with photophobia
      (sensitivity to light), phonophobia (sensitivity to sound), and/or nausea (occasionally
      vomiting). Migraine is predominantly a female disease. The incidence of migraine was found to
      in women (18.2/1000 person-years) and between the ages of 15-19 in men (6.2/1000
      person-years). The incidence of migraine was found to peak between the ages of 20-24 in women
      (18.2/1000 person-years) and between the ages of 15-19 in men (6.2/1000 person-years).
      Migraine treatments are generally classified as pharmacological (treatment with medication)
      and non-pharmacological (treatment with no medication). Laughter therapy has recently come to
      the fore as a non-pharmacological and alternative treatment in chronic pain management. In a
      randomized controlled study, 30 minutes of laughter therapy was applied to women on the 2nd
      and 6th days after mastectomy surgery and it was determined that women who received laughter
      therapy had a significant decrease in pain and anxiety levels. This study was planned to
      determine the effect of laughter therapy on women with migraine.
    

Detailed description: 
      The research will be carried out with young girls who are studying at the Faculty of Health
      Sciences of Sinop University in the 2022-2023 academic spring semester. Inclusion criteria
      for the research: Faculty of Health Sciences, to study in the 2022-2023 academic spring
      semester, to have been diagnosed with migraine, to be young girls and to volunteer to
      participate in the research. Exclusion criteria from the study; Not studying at the Faculty
      of Health Sciences and not volunteering to participate in the research. The application and
      control group will be determined on random.org among the group that constitutes the sample of
      the study. Laughter therapy sessions will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for
      2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group.
      At the end of two months, the Personal Information Form and Psychological Well-Being Scale
      will be administered again to both the application group and the control group.
    

Intervention name(s): laughter therapy
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Assigned Interventions Laughter therapy session will be applied online for 25-30 minutes once a week for 2 months by the researcher who has the Laughter therapy certificate to the application group. In the laughter therapy session, the practices of introducing the practitioner and introducing the therapy, breathing exercises for a healthy life, keeping the rhythm accompanied by music, turning the laughter that started as if it were childlike games into reality will be carried out.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary purpose: Supportive Care
Keywords: migraine; laughter therapy; young women