Clinical trial NCT05317091: The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Nurses' Perceived Stress Burnout and Life Satisfaction During the Pandemic Period
Official title: The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Nurses' Perceived Stress Burnout and Life Satisfaction During the Pandemic Period: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Abdominal Surgery
Hypertension
Done Laughter Yoga Before
Epilepsy
Keywords: Pandemic, Nurse, Stress, Burnout, Life satisfaction, Laughter yoga
Lead sponsor: Ataturk University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-04-07
Enrollment: 101
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief 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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Not have undergone abdominal surgery in the past three months
* Uncontrollable hypertension
* Without epilepsy

Exclusion Criteria:

* Antidepressant etc. nurses using drugs
* Not attending sessions regularly

Primary outcomes:
measure: Introductory Information Form (questionnaire)
timeFrame: up to 2 weeks
measure: Perceived Stress Scale
timeFrame: up to 5 weeks]
measure: Maslach Burnout Scale
timeFrame: up to 5 weeks
measure: Life Satisfaction Scale
timeFrame: up to 5 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Perceived Stress Scale
timeFrame: up to 5 weeks
measure: Maslach Burnout Scale
timeFrame: up to 5 weeks
measure: Life Satisfaction Scale
timeFrame: up to 5 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Erzurum
country: Turkey
facility: Tülay Kılınç
state: Palandöken
Study officials:
References:
citation: Si S Celi K A, Kilinc T. The effect of laughter yoga on perceived stress, burnout, and life satisfaction in nurses during the pandemic: A randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2022 Nov;49:101637. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101637. Epub 2022 Jul 5.