The Impact of Laughter Yoga on Symptom Management and Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Personal Information Form
研究概览
简要总结
This study aimed to assess the impact of laughter yoga intervention on symptomatology and quality of life among postmenopausal women.The research was conducted in a randomized controlled experimental design.
详细描述
The population of the research consisted of menopausal women who applied to the Gynecology Polyclinic of Atatürk University Health Research and Application Center between 25.08.2023 and 15.12.2023. To determine the sample size of the study, a priori power analysis was performed in the G* Power 3.1.9.7 program. Based on the medium effect size (0.5), the alpha value was determined as 5% and the theoretical power was determined as 95%, and the minimum sample size was determined as 64. The sample of the study consisted of 128 women, 64 experimental and 64 control, who met the research criteria and agreed to participate in the research. However, since 8 people in the experimental group could not continue laughter yoga, the study was completed with 120 women.
Criteria for inclusion in the study
- Entering natural menopause,
- Being over 45 years old,
- Being at least a primary school graduate (in order to be able to fill out the forms),
- Agreeing to participate in the research voluntarily,
- Not having any hearing or vision problems (in order to be able to perform the sessions),
- No diagnosed psychiatric disease,
- Knowing Turkish,
- Having a smart mobile phone
- Being open to communication and cooperation.
Exclusion criteria from the study
• Not continuing with laughter yoga sessions.
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)
盲法说明
Statistics expert
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 45 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Entering natural menopause,
- •Being over 45 years old,
- •Being at least a primary school graduate (in order to be able to fill out the forms),
- •Agreeing to participate in the research voluntarily,
- •Not having any hearing or vision problems (in order to be able to perform the sessions),
- •No diagnosed psychiatric disease,
- •Knowing Turkish,
- •Having a smart mobile phone
- •Being open to communication and cooperation.
排除标准
- •Not continuing with laughter yoga sessions.
结局指标
主要结局
Personal Information Form
时间窗: 5 months
It consists of 10 questions (age, gender, education level, marital status, income status, etc.) prepared by the researcher in line with the literature.
Menopause Rating Scale
时间窗: 5 months
The scale, which includes a total of 11 items including menopausal complaints, consists of 3 sub-dimensions. These sub-dimensions are 1-Somatic complaints sub-dimension (items 1,2,3,11), 2-Psychological complaints sub-dimension (items 4,5,6,7), 3-Urogenital complaints sub-dimension (8,9, Article 10). The scale is a 5-point Likert type and each statement is scored as 0: None, 1: Mild, 2: Moderate, 3: Severe and 4: Very severe. The total score of the scale is calculated based on the scores given for each item. The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is 0, while the maximum score is 44. An increase in the total score obtained from the scale, on the one hand, indicates an increase in the severity of the complaints experienced, and on the other hand, indicates that the quality of life is negatively affected.
Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Scale
时间窗: 5 months
It is a Likert type scale containing 29 questions. It consists of four subdomains: vasomotor domain (questions 1-3), psychosocial domain (questions 4-10), physical domain (questions 11-26) and sexual domain (questions 27-29). The complaints that women have experienced in the last month are questioned and the answers to the questions are "yes" or "no". In MÖYÖS, each subdomain score is ranked from 0 to 6. A score of "0" indicates that there are no problems with the issue. A score of "1" indicates that the problem exists and is experienced, but it is not disturbing at all, and scores between "2-6" indicate the severity and increasing degrees of the existing problem. The lowest score that can be obtained from the total of the scale is "0" and the highest score (29X6) is 154. However, evaluation is not made based on the total score.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Ayse Aydin
Principal Investigator
Ataturk University