The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Nurses' Perceived Stress Burnout and Life Satisfaction During the Pandemic Period
Condition: Abdominal Surgery; Hypertension; Done Laughter Yoga Before; Epilepsy
MeSH terms: Burnout, Psychological
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      This study aimed to determine the effects of laughter yoga on the perceived stress, burnout
      and life satisfaction of nurses working actively during the pandemic period. A total of 120
      nurses, determined by power analysis, were included in the randomized controlled study. The
      study included 2 groups. (A group of nurses who have active contact with patients diagnosed
      with or at risk of covid-19, group B: nurses who have active contact with patients diagnosed
      with or at risk of covid-19 and participate in laughter yoga practice. Laughter yoga; immune
      system antibodies and endorphin hormone. It has been proven by experimental studies that
      there is a connection between the two, that it has a healing effect, that it accelerates the
      circulatory system as an adverse effect to stress, and that it has a vasodilation effect in
      the vessels.
    

Detailed description: 
      The study data were collected by the researchers using online systems with the snowball
      method due to the pandemic. The inclusion criteria of the study (not having undergone
      abdominal surgery in the last three months, not having uncontrolled hypertension, not having
      glaucoma, hernia, epilepsy, not having received a psychiatric diagnosis-treatment, not having
      received a diagnosis-treatment for sleep problems, having done laughter yoga before) The
      study consisted of 100 nurses who agreed to participate in the study. Introductory features
      form consisting of 13 questions, Maslach Burnout Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale, Perceived
      Stress Scale and life satisfaction scale were used to collect data. Research data were
      collected in 3 months. During the study, 9 people from the experimental group (8 people did
      not attend the sessions regularly, 1 person left voluntarily), 10 people from the control
      group (he left voluntarily) quit the study. Finally, the research was completed with 101
      nurses, 51 of whom were in the experimental group and 50 in the control group.
    

Intervention name(s): Laughter yoga practiced
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): In this study, 8 sessions of laughter yoga were applied to the nurses in the experimental group as an intervention, twice a week for 4 weeks. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic; Laughter Yoga sessions were held on the web through the 'ZOOM' program.
For this reason, it is recommended that the laughter yoga sessions be done with a group and that the group should consist of at least five people in order to provide group dynamics. Sessions are planned according to the days and hours that nurses can attend. Sessions 1st group Monday-Thursday between 12:00-13:00; 2nd group Tuesday-Friday between 17:00-18:00; The third group was held on Wednesday-Saturday between 20:00-21:00. The nurses were constantly contacted (whatsapp, phone) to ensure that they attend the sessions regularly and that there is no interruption in the sessions. No experiment was performed on the control group during the study. However, after the research, a 4-week laughter yoga was given to the nurses who wanted it.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Other
Keywords: Pandemic, Nurse, Stress, Burnout, Life satisfaction, Laughter yoga