Clinical trials: Laughter Therapy
Older Adults
The Effect of Laughter Therapy on Life Satisfaction and Loneliness
Life satisfaction and loneliness are two important issues affecting the quality of life of the elderly. Older adults living in nursing homes experience the feeling of loneliness more and their life satisfaction decreases.
- Trial name
- NCT03687788
- Testing
- Laughter Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Elderly, Respiratory Function
Effects of Laughter Therapy on Respiratory Functions and Geriatric Pain in Elderly Individuals
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of laughter therapy on respiratory functions and geriatric pain in elderly individuals.
- Conditions
- Elderly, Respiratory Function, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT07352774
- Testing
- Laughter Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara University
Digital Technology, Technology Addiction
The Effect of Health Education Based Laughter Yoga Applied to Adolescents on Stress and Digital Gaming Habits
Adolescents may turn to digital games as a coping mechanism for stress, which can lead to addiction and various health problems.
- Conditions
- Digital Technology, Technology Addiction, Internet Addiction Disorder, Laughter Yoga
- Trial name
- Digital Habits (NCT07032090)
- Testing
- Health education, Laughter Yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi
Nurse's Role
Laughter Therapy and Mindfulness Practices
Nurses working by shifts under intense stress and pressure and using complicated technological products- undergo fatigue and attention deficit with the effect of the many negative factors caused by work setting.
- Trial name
- NCT05634343
- Testing
- experimental group 1, experimantal group 2
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nagihan Koroglu Kaba
Aging Well
Feasibility and Effects of Laughter-imitation Therapy (LIT)
Background: The mental wellbeing of the institutional population has to be promoted, particularly after the serious hit by the pandemic. Objectives: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06204562
- Testing
- imitated laughter practice
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Healthy, Laughter
Effects of Laughter Yoga Practiced by Nursing Students Before Clinical Practice
Aim: We conducted this randomized controlled study to determine the effect of laughter yoga practiced by first year nursing students before clinical practice on their perceptions of stress and meaning of life.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Laughter, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT06042959
- Testing
- Laughter therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Manisa Celal Bayar University
Frailty
Tai Chi and Laughing Therapy for Improving Functions of Frail Older Adults
The goals of this study are to examine the physical function, cognitive function, and quality of life among frail elderly residing in the community
- Trial name
- AA project (NCT05629728)
- Testing
- Tai Chi exercise, Laughing therapy
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Chungnam National University
Laughter, Self Efficacy
The Effect Of Laughter Therapy On Self-Efficacy
Brief Summary: Laughter is an innate, universal response we give to events in our lives. "Laughter Therapy" is a technique created by combining breathing techniques and laughter and takes its place in complementary medicine.
- Trial name
- NCT05806541
- Testing
- laughter therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sinop University
PMS, LAUGHTER
The Effect of Laughter Therapy On The Food Craving
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is characterized by physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms in the luteal phase that significantly disrupt women's daily lives, including work and personal activities, and resolve spontaneously…
- Conditions
- PMS, LAUGHTER, Food Habits
- Trial name
- NCT05796869
- Testing
- Assigned Interventions
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sinop University
Health Behavior, Health Lifestyle Behaviors
Laughter Yoga Integrated PRECEDE-PROCEED Health Education Program in Adolescents
Adolescence is a critical developmental period in which lifelong health behaviors are shaped, and behaviors acquired during this stage significantly influence health outcomes in adulthood.
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Health Lifestyle Behaviors, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- Lifestyle (NCT07607847)
- Testing
- Laughter yoga-integrated health education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara University
Laughter Therapy, Depression, Anxiety
The Effect of Laughter Therapy on Hemodialysis Patients
Internet-based behavioral therapy applications made during the quarantine and isolation period during the pandemic process, and the application of laughter therapy, which is a group-oriented technique that increases the feeling…
- Conditions
- Laughter Therapy, Depression, Anxiety, Hemodialysis, Life Quality
- Trial name
- NCT05726552
- Testing
- Laughter therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
Laughter Yoga
Effects of Laughter Yoga in Mothers of PICU Patients
This randomized controlled trial examined the effects of laughter yoga on resilience and coping attitudes in mothers of children hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- NCT07340229
- Testing
- Laughter Yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Izmir Democracy University
Postnatal Care, Lactation
Effects of Laughter Therapy on Postpartum Mothers' Stress, Sleep, and Breastfeeding
Postnatal period is an important developmental transition period for women. Stress in the postnatal period is one of the most common mental health problems and most mothers report experiencing stress in the perinatal period.
- Trial name
- NCT06851286
- Testing
- Laughter Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
The Effect of Pursed Lip Breathing Exercise and Laughter Therapy Individuals With The COPD
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a chronic disease with increasing mortality, morbidity and prevalence in the world and in our country, and in which serious symptoms, especially dyspnea, develop.
- Trial name
- NCT05997550
- Testing
- Pursed Lip Breathing Exercise, Laughter Therapy, the control group.
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Yuksek Ihtisas University
End Stage Kidney Disease
The Effects of Laughter Therapy on Hemodialysis on Depression
End stage kidney disease is associated with increased depression. Laughter is associated with improvement in depression in chronic disease.
- Trial name
- LOL-HD (NCT04098627)
- Testing
- Laughter Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people
- Sponsor
- Satellite Healthcare
Vasomotor; Syndrome, Sleep
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Vasomotor Symptoms and Sleep Quality
The research was planned as a prospective, randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effect of online laughter yoga applied to menopausal women on vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and sleep quality.
- Trial name
- NCT05859594
- Testing
- Laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mersin University
Laughter Therapy, Laughter Yoga
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Hope and School Burnout
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of laughter yoga on hope and school burnout among secondary school (8th Grade) students.
- Conditions
- Laughter Therapy, Laughter Yoga, Hope, School Burnout
- Trial name
- NCT05742308
- Testing
- Laughter yoga
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Major Depressive Disorder, Treatment Resistant Depression
Sustained Mood Improvement With Laughing Gas Exposure
Multi-centre, parallel group, blinded, 1:1 randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of nitrous oxide on reducing symptoms of depression in patients with treatment resistant depression.
- Trial name
- SMILE (NCT07262008)
- Testing
- Inhalation of Nitrous oxide (Laughing gas) + intravenous saline, inhalation of %100 oxygen + intravenous midazolam
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Women's College Hospital
Mental Stress, Insomnia
The Effect of Laughter Therapy on Nursing Students
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of laughter therapy on the general health status, sleep quality, and stress level of nursing students.
- Conditions
- Mental Stress, Insomnia, Sleep Disorder, Mental Health Disorder
- Trial name
- Therapy (NCT05681013)
- Testing
- Laughter Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University