The Effect of Group-Based Laughter Yoga on Midwifery Students

The Effect of Group-Based Laughter Yoga on the Level of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Depression Experienced by Midwifery Students After the Earthquake

This study was planned to determine the effect of laughter yoga on the secondary traumatic stress and depression levels experienced by midwifery students due to the use of social media after the earthquake. The universe of the research will be the third year students of Health Sciences University Hamidiye Health Sciences Faculty Midwifery Department (N:84).

A total of 8 sessions of laughter yoga, 2 sessions per week, will be applied to midwifery students in the intervention group of the research. It will be determined as intervention (n:42) and control (n:42) groups. "Descriptive Information Form", "Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale for Social Media Users" and "Beck Depression Inventory" will be applied to both groups.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Laughter Yoga
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Group-based laughter yoga

Detailed Description

It was planned to determine the effect of laughter yoga on the secondary traumatic stress and depression levels experienced by midwifery students due to the use of social media after the earthquake. The study will be implemented according to the CONSORT 2010 guidelines.

The research will be carried out in Health Sciences University, Hamidiye Faculty of Health Sciences, Midwifery department classroom. In pre-research classrooms; An environment with good lighting, sound systems and allowing individuals to move comfortably will be arranged. Hamidiye Faculty of Health Sciences Midwifery Department 3rd year students who volunteered to participate in the study will be determined as the intervention (n:42) and control (n:42) groups with the numbers assigned by the researchers via the https://www.randomizer.org/ site. An introductory information form will be applied to all students. A total of 8 sessions of laughter yoga, 2 sessions per week, will be applied to midwifery students in the intervention group of the research. Laughter yoga will be practiced by researchers with leadership certification. Each session will take an average of 45 minutes. Each session will consist of groups of 7 people. Before starting the laughter yoga session, an information meeting will be held with midwifery students who volunteered to participate in the study and were assigned to the intervention group. Midwifery students will be administered "Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale for Social Media Users" and "Beck Depression Inventory" before and 4-6 weeks after the application. No intervention will be applied to the control group midwives, and "Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale for Social Media Users" and "Beck Depression Inventory" will be administered again when they are included in the study and 4-6 weeks later.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 84
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Yasemin Aydın Kartal Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Phone Number: +90 543 287 00 29; Email: yasemin.aydin@sbu.edu.tr
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Aleyna Bulut Research Assistant; Phone Number: +90 0536 562 61 84; Email: aleyna.bulut@sbu.edu.tr

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Uskudar
    • Istanbul, Uskudar, Turkey
      • University of Health Sciences
      • Contact: Yasemin Aydın Kartal Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Phone Number: +90 543 287 00 29; Email: yasemin.aydin@sbu.edu.tr
      • Contact: Aleyna Bulut Research Assistant; Phone Number: +90 536 562 61 84; Email: aleyna.bulut@sbu.edu.tr
      • Principal Investigator: Yasemin Aydın Kartal Assoc. Prof. Dr.
      • Sub-Investigator: Aleyna Bulut Research Assistant
      • Sub-Investigator: Sema Aker Research Assistant

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being an active student in the 3rd year of Health Sciences University, Hamidiye Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery
• Volunteering to participate in research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a psychiatric diagnosis

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Group (n:42); Laughter yoga will be practiced to students in the intervention group	Other: Group-based laughter yoga; A total of 8 sessions of laughter yoga will be applied to the students in the intervention group, 2 sessions per week. Each session will last 45 minutes on average. Each session will consist of groups of 7 people. An information meeting about the sessions will be held with the midwifery students who volunteered to participate in the study and assigned to the intervention group before starting laughter yoga. Midwifery students will be administered "Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale for Social Media Users" and "Beck Depression Inventory" before and after 4-6 weeks.
No Intervention: Control Group (n:42); No intervention will be applied to the control group midwives and "Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale for Social Media Users" and "Beck Depression Inventory" will be applied when they are included in the study and again after 4-6 weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Introductory Information Form	In this form, which was created by the researchers based on the literature, participants' age, high school they graduated from, secondary traumatic stress experience, etc. questions are included.	1 hour before laughter yoga practice
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)	The scale designed to determine the depressive levels of individuals consists of 21 items. The aim of the inventory is not to diagnose depression but to express the degree of depressive symptoms numerically. Higher scores indicate an increase in depressive symptoms. Each item receives a score between 0-3 and the scores that can be obtained from the inventory are between 0-63. The scores of 0-9 points indicate normal, 10-18 points indicate mild, 19-29 points indicate moderate, and 30-63 points indicate severe depressive symptoms.	1 hour before laughter yoga practice
Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale for Social Media Users	The scale was developed to examine avoidance and arousal symptoms associated with indirect exposure to traumatic experiences through social media users. The scale consists of 17 items. The scale was reduced to a single-factor structure. There are no reverse coded items. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 17 and the highest score is 85. As the total score obtained from the scale increases, individuals' secondary traumatic stress caused by social media increases.	1 hour before laughter yoga practice

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)	The scale designed to determine the depressive levels of individuals consists of 21 items. The aim of the inventory is not to diagnose depression but to express the degree of depressive symptoms numerically. Higher scores indicate an increase in depressive symptoms. Each item receives a score between 0-3 and the scores that can be obtained from the inventory are between 0-63. The scores of 0-9 points indicate normal, 10-18 points indicate mild, 19-29 points indicate moderate, and 30-63 points indicate severe depressive symptoms.	4-6 weeks after application
Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale for Social Media Users	The scale was developed to examine avoidance and arousal symptoms associated with indirect exposure to traumatic experiences through social media users. The scale consists of 17 items. The scale was reduced to a single-factor structure. There are no reverse coded items. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 17 and the highest score is 85. As the total score obtained from the scale increases, individuals' secondary traumatic stress caused by social media increases.	4-6 weeks after application

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 24, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 3, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): July 12, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 12, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 3, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: depression; midwifery student; earthquake; secondary trauma
• Other Study ID Numbers: SBÜ-AYDINKARTAL-005

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No