Clinical trial NCT06283810: The Effects of Interpersonal Relationship Psychotherapy and Laughter Therapy
Official title: The Effects of Interpersonal Relationship Psychotherapy and Laughter Therapy on Interpersonal Relationships, Problem Solving and Self-Reflection in Midwifery Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Midwifery Students
Keywords: self reflection
interpersonel relationship
laughter therapy
Lead sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-02-28
Enrollment: 46
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Midwives, who have an important place in the health system, are expected to be equipped to meet the health care needs of women (Fışkın \& Doğan, 2020). Therefore, midwifery students, who are known to play a role in promoting women's health, should have good interpersonal relationships, good problem-solving skills, and high self-reflection and insight, which are assumed to be effective in both, in order to fulfill these responsibilities.

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Detailed description: Self-reflection supports the development of strategies for self-monitoring and professional competence by improving problem-solving skills. Self-reflection serves as an important building block in the integration and structuring of experience and sense of self, as well as providing continuity, coherence and meaning to life. It is thought that midwives with self-reflection will be more logical, healthy, happy and successful. It is seen that midwives with high self-reflection are dedicated to lifelong learning, examining, reflecting and developing, and develop personally and professionally (Bass et al., 2022). The quality of care will increase as midwives who develop self-reflection can observe, investigate, evaluate and discover events with a realistic eye while providing care, thus the midwifery profession will progress as a scientific discipline.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* - To be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd year student of Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery.
* To get less than 2 points from the "General Health Questionnaire".

Exclusion Criteria:

* - Those with an indifferent attachment style,
* Those with antisocial or narcissistic traits,
* Those with active suicidal thoughts,
* People with psychiatric diagnosis and medication,
* Those with urinary incontinence,
* Those with severe back pain,
* Those who have undergone surgical operation within the last 1 year.

Primary outcomes:
measure: self-reflection skills
timeFrame: 12 week
measure: problem solving skills
timeFrame: 12 week
measure: interpersonal relationship skills
timeFrame: 12 week
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa
Study officials:
References:
citation: Namazinia M, Mazlum SR, Mohajer S, Lopez V. Effects of laughter yoga on health-related quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2023 Jun 12;23(1):192. doi: 10.1186/s12906-023-04028-2.