The Effect of Laughter Therapy On The Food Craving in Young Women With Premenstrual Syndrome

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

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is characterized by physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms in the luteal phase that significantly disrupt women's daily lives, including work and personal activities, and resolve spontaneously within a few days of the onset of menstruation. The premenstrual syndrome causes emotional eating, excessive consumption of certain foods, and increased appetite. These unhealthy eating patterns in eating behavior affect health negatively. Women with PMS have an increased appetite and food cravings. It has been stated that the increase in appetite and food cravings are reduced by laughter therapy. Thus, the laughter therapy method, which has no side effects in PMS and negative eating behaviors, can be used and recommended or applied by health professionals.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 35
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Being a nursing student,

• Being a female student,

• Volunteering to participate in the study.

• Having a PMS score of 43 and above

Locations
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Turkey
Sinop University
RECRUITING
Sinop
Contact Information
Primary
Meryem Erdoğan, PhD
meryemerdogan84@gmail.com
+905364959633
Backup
Adeviye Aydın, PhD
adeviye86@gmail.com
+905413645524
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-11-20
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-01-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 90
Treatments
No_intervention: Control Group
At the beginning of the study, data collection tools Personal Information Form, Premenstrual Syndrome Scale and Food Craving Scale will be applied to the control group.~No intervention will be made in the control group. Measurement tools will be applied for the post-test.
Experimental: Experimental Group
All young women with a Premenstrual Syndrome Scale total score of 110 and above will be included in the study. Since all women who have a Premenstrual Syndrome Diagnostic Scale of 110 and above, volunteer to participate in the study and meet the inclusion criteria will be included in the study, no additional sample selection will be made. The application and control group will be determined on random.org among the group that constitutes the sample of the study. Laughter therapy sessions will be administered face to face to the application group once a week for 2 months by a researcher with a laughter therapy certificate. At the end of two months, the Personal Information Form, Premenstrual Syndrome Scale, and the Food Craving Scale will be administered again to both the application group and the control group.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Sinop University

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