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Effect of Laughter Yoga on Sleep Quality and Happiness

Investigation of the Effect of Laughter Yoga on Sleep Quality and Happiness in Individuals

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05358197
Enrollment
65
Registered
2022-05-03
Start date
2022-05-01
Completion date
2022-06-01
Last updated
2022-05-03

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Conditions

Sleep Quality

Keywords

sleep quality,, laughter yoga,, happiness,

Brief summary

In this study, the effect of laughter yoga on sleep quality and happiness level in individuals with sleep problems will be investigated. Yoga exercises will be done for about 30 minutes with a laughter yoga instructor 3 days a week for a month.

Interventions

OTHERyoga

laughter yoga

Sponsors

Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

individuals with sleep problems individuals without mental illness

Exclusion criteria

those who use sleeping pills those with mental disabilities

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Laughter yoga improves sleep quality1-15. dayThe PSQI allows evaluating the quality and disturbances of sleep over one month. The questionnaire consists of 19 self-assessed questions that are categorized into 7 components: 1) sleep quality, 2) sleep latency, 3) sleep duration, 4) sleep efficiency, 5) sleep disorders, 6) medication use to sleep, and 7) daytime sleepiness. Each component is classified in a score ranging from 0 to 3. The sum of the scores for these 7 components produces a score ranging from 0 to 21. It presents a cutoff point where it considers good sleep quality if PSQI≤5 and poor sleep quality if PSQI\>5 21
Laughter yoga improves happiness1-15. dayOxford Happiness Scale Short Form OHS-F, developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) and adapted into Turkish by Dogan and Cotok (2011) was used. Oxford Happiness Scale consists of 7 expressions in one sub-dimension. The expressions on the 5-item Likert scale are answered as (1) Disagree - (5) Completely agree.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

Primary ContactKevser Sevgi ÜNAL ASLAN
kevser-sevgi@hotmail.com+905059301154
Backup ContactfUNDA Çetinkaya
funda325@hotmail.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026