Effects of Comedy Therapy on Anxiety and Vital Signs in Transplant Recipients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Liver Transplant; Complications; Stress; Care Acceptor, Health

• Registration Number: NCT06919588
• Lead Sponsor: Bitlis Eren University

Brief Summary

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of watching excerpts from classical Turkish comedy films on pre-transplant anxiety levels and vital signs in liver transplant recipients.

H1-0: Watching classical Turkish comedy films has no effect on preoperative anxiety in liver transplant recipients.

H1-1: Watching classical Turkish comedy films reduces preoperative anxiety in liver transplant recipients.

H2-0: Watching classical Turkish comedy films has no effect on preoperative vital signs in liver transplant recipients.

H2-1: Watching classical Turkish comedy films has a positive effect on preoperative vital signs in liver transplant recipients.

Detailed Description

Intervention Group:

A patient introduction form and a state anxiety scale will be applied as a pre-test before transplant surgery, and vital signs will be checked. Patients will be shown 10-minute Turkish comedy films prepared by researchers before transplant surgery. After the intervention, vital signs will be checked as a post-test and a state anxiety scale will be applied. A quiet and calm environment will be provided in the patient room while patients are shown the comedy films.

Control Group:

A patient introduction form and a state anxiety scale will be applied as a pre-test before transplant surgery, and vital signs will be checked. No intervention will be made to the control group patients outside of the clinical protocol. After a certain waiting period (average of 30 minutes), the patients' vital signs will be checked and the state anxiety scale will be applied again.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-15
• Study Completion: 2024-08-30
• Study First Submitted: 2025-04-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-04-08
• Study First Posted: 2025-04-09
• Status Verified: 2025-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-09-17
• Last Update Posted: 2025-09-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Being over 18 years of age,
• Being a liver transplant recipient,
• Data obtained before transplantation,
• Not having any visual or auditory problems.

Exclusion Criteria

• Being under 18 years of age,
• Having any visual/auditory problems,
• Not accepting to participate in the study/wanting to leave,
• Not providing hemodynamic instability (sudden change in vital signs, etc.)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
anxiety level	Between April and August.	The anxiety levels of patients will be measured using the "State and Trait Anxiety Scale".; State and Trait Anxiety Scale; consists of two scales. Each scale has 20 questions. Scoring is between 1-4. Each scale score varies between 20-80 points. A high scale score indicates high anxiety. A low scale score indicates low anxiety.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bitlis Eren University; Bitlis, Turkey (Türkiye)