Effect of Laughter Yoga on Stress and Quality of Life in Pregnant Women With Gestational Diabetes

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Gestational Diabetes is one of the most common medical complications during pregnancy. It is seen between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy with the increase in insulin resistance in the second trimester and ends with the end of the birth process. Due to this feature, it is distinguished from Type 2 diabetes. This disease, which is seen for the necessary energy needs of the fetus and placenta, is defined as the diabetogenic effect of pregnancy. Laughter is a universal response to humorous stimuli that exists in our lives. Laughter yoga is holistic with breathing techniques. It is a form of yoga that utilizes the brain's inability to distinguish between real and fake laughter. Laughter yoga helps people cope with stressful times and helps the person control themselves by reducing negative cognitive reactions. In line with this information, the aim of the study was to determine the effect of laughter yoga applied to pregnant women with gestational diabetes on perceived stress and quality of life.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 20
Maximum Age: 35
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Volunteering to participate in the study

• Answering the survey and scale forms completely

• Being 18 years of age or older

• Being able to read and understand Turkish

• Not having any physical or mental problems that would prevent communication

• Pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes

• Being in social media accounts and WhatsApp groups

• Scoring 35 and above on the STAI scale

• Scoring 37 and above on the quality of life scale during pregnancy

Locations
Other Locations
Turkey
Kırklareli University
RECRUITING
Kırklareli
Contact Information
Primary
remziye karadoğan, midwife
remziyekaradogankosanoglu@gmail.com
05539852662
Backup
AYCA SOLT KIRCA, Phd
aycasolt@hotmail.com
05392684185
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-10-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-07-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 80
Treatments
Experimental: Laughter yoga group
Laughter yoga will be performed in 8 sessions, 2 days a week for 4 weeks. The duration of each session will be 40 minutes. Laughter yoga sessions will be held on a day suitable for all participants and with the participation of at least 8 people. The session will start with warm-up exercises and continue with laughter exercises. People in the group will do these exercises with the guidance of the researcher.
No_intervention: Control group
Participants in this group will consist of people who do not routinely do any practice on their own to reduce anxiety and increase life quality. The researcher will ask the participants via phone 4 times a week for 1 month whether they have taken any action to reduce their anxiety and increase life quality symptoms.~Participants who use any of the pharmacological or non-pharmacological practices to reduce anxiety and increase life quality symptoms will be excluded from the study.
Sponsors
Leads: Kırklareli University

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov