Well-being
Conditions
Keywords
Well-being, Laughter
Brief summary
The goal of this pilot trial is to determine the effectiveness of a five day contagious laughter intervention on adult well-being. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does exposure to a five-day online contagious laughter intervention improve subjective well-being in adults compared to waitlist controls? Does exposure to a five-day online contagious laughter intervention improve subjective mood status in adults compared to waitlist controls? Participants in the intervention group will: View a one-minute contagious laughter video each day for five days Complete the WHO5 Wellbeing index pre and post intervention Rate their mood status before and after each laughter video on each day of the intervention After viewing each video, rate how much they laughter along with the video on each day of the intervention Participants in the waitlist control group will: Complete the WHO5 wellbeing index at baseline and again after six days
Interventions
BEHAVIORALContagious Laughter
Contagious laughter videos
Sponsors
Zayed University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Male or female * Resident of the United Arab Emirates * Fluent in English and/or Arabic * Access to a stable internet connection * Access to a smartphone and/or laptop/tablet
Exclusion criteria
* Children (\<18 years old) * Adults above 60 years old * Those with cognitive and/or physical disabilities * Those with hearing and/or vision impairment * Illiterate, and/or individuals who did not (or were unable to) provide consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Well-being | Well-being will be assessed at baseline (start of study) and will be reassessed on day six (one day after the five-day intervention). The final score range is 0-100 where 0 represents the worse possible well-being and 100 represents the best. | Adult well-being will be assessed using the WHO5 Wellbeing Index (WBI) The WHO5 WBI is scored by summing the responses to five questions, each using a 6-point Likert scale (0-5). This derives a raw score between 0 and 25. This raw score is then multiplied by 4 to calculate a percentage score with a range of 0-100, where 0 represents the worst possible well-being and 100 represents the best. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Subjective mood status | The EmojiGrid is administered immediately before and after viewing each laughter video on each day of the five-day intervention. Subjective mood status is assessed on day 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the intervention both pre and post video viewing. | Subjective mood status before and after each online video is viewed will be assessed using the EmojiGrid. The EmojiGrid is administered before and after viewing each video on each day of the five-day intervention (intervention group participants only). EmojiGrid has 17 emojis in total and is divided into four sets with five emojis each. In our study, set (A) was used with the question, Using the emoji below, indicate how you feel right now. In addition, the researcher added a number to each emoji to help participants select the emoji that represented them at the time asked. The score ranges from 1-5, where higher numbers indicate happier mood states and lower numbers suggest lower mood, with 3 representing a neutral mood. |
Countries
United Arab Emirates
Outcome results
None listed