Can Laughter Heal the Spirit? The Impact of Laughter Yoga on Spiritual Well-Being and Spiritual Care Perception in Nursing Students
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in Spiritual Well-Being Score
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if laughter yoga sessions improve spiritual well-being and perception of spiritual care among nursing students. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does laughter yoga increase the spiritual well-being scores of participants? Does laughter yoga improve participants' perception of spiritual care? Researchers will compare laughter yoga to no intervention (control group) to see if laughter yoga has an effect on spiritual well-being and spiritual care perception.
Participants will:
Attend laughter yoga sessions once a week for 4 weeks (intervention group) Complete questionnaires about their spiritual well-being and perception of spiritual care before and after the intervention Control group will not receive any intervention during this period, but will complete the same questionnaires at the same time points
详细描述
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effects of laughter yoga on spiritual well-being and perception of spiritual care among nursing students. The study uses a pretest-posttest control group design. A total of 60 nursing students in their third and fourth years were randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group, with 30 students in each group.
The intervention group will participate in laughter yoga sessions once a week for 4 weeks. Each session will last approximately 30 minutes and will be conducted by a certified laughter yoga leader in a quiet classroom environment where students can move freely. The control group will not receive any intervention during the study period.
Spiritual well-being will be measured using the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) and perception of spiritual care will be measured using the Spiritual Care-Giving Scale (SCGS). Both scales will be administered before the intervention (pretest) and after the 4-week intervention period (posttest).
The study hypothesizes that laughter yoga will significantly increase spiritual well-being scores and improve students' perception of spiritual care compared to the control group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Being a third- or fourth-year nursing student enrolled in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing at Izmir Demokrasi University during the 2024-2025 academic year
- •Volunteering to participate in the study
排除标准
- •Irregular attendance to the intervention sessions
- •Failure to complete all sessions
- •Voluntary withdrawal from the study
- •Having a diagnosis of a respiratory disease (e.g., asthma, bronchitis, dyspnea)
- •Having a diagnosis of inguinal hernia or epilepsy
- •Having undergone abdominal surgery within the last three to six months
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Spiritual Well-Being Score
时间窗: 1 week before intervention (baseline) and 1 week after completing the fourth session (Week 5)
Spiritual well-being will be measured using the Three-Factor Spiritual Well-Being Scale, which has a total score range from 29 to 145, with higher scores indicating greater spiritual well-being.
次要结局
- Change in Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale Score(1 week before intervention (baseline) and 1 week after completing the fourth session (Week 5))
研究者
Begüm Güler
Research Assistant
Izmir Democracy University