Effect of Laughter Yoga on Mental Symptoms Frequency and Level of Saliva Cortisol
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 75
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Measurement of mental symptoms
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of laughter yoga on mental symptom frequency and salivary cortisol level among the 1st Year Nursing Students.
This is a randomized controlled study using pre-post-test design with control group. The population of our research; Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department consisting of 202 students studying at the First Year.
详细描述
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of laughter yoga on mental symptom frequency and salivary cortisol level among the 1st Year Nursing Students.
This is a randomized controlled study using pre-post-test design with control group. The population of our research; Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department consisting of 202 students studying at the First Year. A descriptive question form will apply to the entire population of the research.191 students fulfilling the criteria of this study will be included. Eleven students who have not fullfilled this criteria the inclusion criteria will be excluded from the study. Power analysis has been performed and the required sample volume for each group has been calculated as 34 with 0,90 power and 0.05 margin of error. Sample of the study consistsof 75 students considering the possibility of students leaving the research. This 75 students will be divided into two groups as intervention group (n=38) and control group (n=37). Intervention and control group have been randomly selected among Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 25 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Nursing to be a 1st year student.
排除标准
- •Diabetes mellitus
- •Hypertension
- •Hypothyroidism
- •Hyperaldosteronism
- •Pregnancy
- •Malignancy
- •Congestive heart failure
- •Psychotic disorder
- •Chronic hepatic failure
- •Nephrotic syndrome
- •Chronic renal failure diagnosis
- •Using medical drug
结局指标
主要结局
Measurement of mental symptoms
时间窗: Four weeks
Data Collection Form is Brief Symptom Inventory(BSI). There are 5 sub-dimensions and 53 items in total.BSI has 5 sub-dimensions: Anxiety, Hostility, Somatization, Depression, Anxiety. The total score for each subscale is divided by the number of items in that sub-scale. The height of the total scores taken from the scale indicates the frequency of the individual's symptoms. The person answering the scale marks one of the following for each question: (0) None; (1) Very little; (2) "Moderate; (3) quite a lot; (4) Too much Application process consist of three phases such as; pre-test, intervention and post-test. During pre-test phase. Whether there is a significant decrease in posttest scores compared to pre-test mean scores.
次要结局
- Measurement of saliva cortisol(Each session for four weeks)
研究者
Fatma Ozlem Ozturk
Lecturer Fatma Ozlem Ozturk
Ankara University