Ignite Creation Date:
2024-05-06 @ 8:14 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:23 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06308601
Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Last Update Posted:
2024-03-13
First Post:
2024-01-27
Brief Title:
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Loneliness Anger and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Visually Impaired Individuals
Sponsor:
Ege University
Organization:
Ege University
Study Overview
Official Title:
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Loneliness Anger and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Visually Impaired Individuals
Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Status Verified Date:
2024-03
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Purpose This project aimed to examine the effects of laughter yoga which is accepted as an international nursing initiative on loneliness anger and salivary cortisol levels in visually impaired individuals When the national and international literature was examined no project was found that measured the results of laughter yoga as an intervention for visually impaired individuals For this reason planning an original project in this field aims to contribute to the literature Thanks to the evidence obtained laughter yoga an innovative approach can be disseminated in institutions and organizations serving visually impaired individuals as an evidence-based practice that can improve the social skills of individuals
Scope and Target Audience The project will be carried out with visually impaired individuals receiving services in the Disabled Persons Department within the Atatürk Provincial Public Library located in Konak district of Izmir In this section services are provided to 250 members who actively use the library and to visually impaired people from all over Turkey
Method and Expected Result The project was planned in a randomized controlled pre-test post-test single-blind follow-up consultancy design With this initiative a social rehabilitation environment will be provided for visually impaired individuals by taking an approach based on respect understanding and awareness Laughter yoga is expected to reduce the level of anger and loneliness in visually impaired individuals At the same time laughter yoga is expected to reduce cortisol levels which are known to increase when faced with stress factors and increase serotonin which is associated with happiness and vitality and endorphine known as the bodys natural painkiller With laughter yoga sessions a social environment will be created where visually impaired individuals will have an active and independent experience Thanks to the expected evidence laughter yoga can be popularized both in visually impaired individuals and in individuals with other disabilities Within the scope of protecting and improving health laughter yoga can be planned to be carried out as a routine nursing practice in disabled centers Thus by creating an environment where visually impaired individuals and nurses come together a more accessible health service will be provided to individuals with special needs
Scope and Target Audience The project will be carried out with visually impaired individuals receiving services in the Disabled Persons Department within the Atatürk Provincial Public Library located in Konak district of Izmir In this section services are provided to 250 members who actively use the library and to visually impaired people from all over Turkey
Method and Expected Result The project was planned in a randomized controlled pre-test post-test single-blind follow-up consultancy design With this initiative a social rehabilitation environment will be provided for visually impaired individuals by taking an approach based on respect understanding and awareness Laughter yoga is expected to reduce the level of anger and loneliness in visually impaired individuals At the same time laughter yoga is expected to reduce cortisol levels which are known to increase when faced with stress factors and increase serotonin which is associated with happiness and vitality and endorphine known as the bodys natural painkiller With laughter yoga sessions a social environment will be created where visually impaired individuals will have an active and independent experience Thanks to the expected evidence laughter yoga can be popularized both in visually impaired individuals and in individuals with other disabilities Within the scope of protecting and improving health laughter yoga can be planned to be carried out as a routine nursing practice in disabled centers Thus by creating an environment where visually impaired individuals and nurses come together a more accessible health service will be provided to individuals with special needs
Detailed Description:
The first scientist to study the effects of laughter on human health and physiological processes was Dr William Fry In his book Anatomy of a Disease Norman Cousins talks about the effect of laughter on pain In the book It is stated that even morphine does not help to sleep during the painful periods of ankylosing spondylitis disease and 10 minutes of belly-waving laughter provides two hours of pain-free sleep The emergence of laughter yoga was made by Dr an Indian medical doctor in 1995 It was created by combining breathing exercises and unconditional laughter with the work of Madan Kataria and his wife Madhuri Kataria In laughter yoga the individual can laugh in a simulated way with the interaction of group members without a funny situation joke or joke The body cannot distinguish between real and unreal laughter and fake laughter begins to turn into real laughter Laughter yoga is used in many countries today Yoga and Laughter Yoga which are frequently used in scientific studies were added to the list of international nursing interventions by the authorities of the University of Iowa NIC Nursing Interventions Classification committee as two different interventions The World Health Organization WHO reported the global strategy on the subject to the Seventy-Sixth World Health Assembly In this report traditional medicine is linked to Target 3 and Target 38 of the Sustainable Development Goals These goals include promoting well-being and healthy living for everyone at all ages and access to quality primary health care while protecting against financial risks The report draws attention to ways to integrate safe and evidence-based traditional and complementary medicine services into national andor local health systems especially at the primary care level as appropriate according to the national context and priorities In the project laughter yoga a current approach to protecting and improving health was chosen to be applied to visually impaired individuals as a low-risk high-accessibility potentially beneficial intervention for personal development
Rapid population growth aging and lifestyle changes will increase global demand for eye care in the coming years WHO reported that as of 2019 at least 22 billion people worldwide have visual impairments One billion of them have preventable visual impairment or a problem that has not yet been addressed The report prepared upon recommendation at the 70th World Health Assembly examines inequalities in the scope and quality of prevention treatment and rehabilitation services It focuses on the lack of trained eye health service providers and the weak integration of eye care services into health systems among others In our country there are conditions that restrict full and effective participation in society on equal terms with other individuals due to various levels of loss of physical mental spiritual and sensory abilities An individual who is affected by attitudes and environmental conditions is defined as disabled Disability by the Ministry of Family and Social Services of the Republic of Turkey It is defined as a social phenomenon that affects all segments of society regardless of economic and social status Although approaches to people with disabilities vary across societies and cultures today disability is no longer a problem that individuals and families have to deal with alone but has become an issue that concerns the whole society In this context visually impaired individuals who are among disadvantaged groups and are at the center of global goals were determined as participants of the project
In the project one of the outcome measures in which laughter yoga was expected to have an effect on visually impaired individuals was determined as the level of loneliness Lacking the power of sight means visually impaired negative effects in physical psychological and social aspects Visually impaired people have the fear of living a life dependent on others of not having a status in society of encountering limitations in their interactions with other people and of not being able to make friends Compared to the general population people with disabilities tend to have fewer friends less social support and are more socially isolated Research conducted in England based on a nationally representative sample of approximately 17000 working-age adults found that disabled people were significantly more likely to report loneliness than their non-disabled peers According to the results of the same study exposure to loneliness in visually impaired individuals is positively associated with the incidence and prevalence of mental health problems In a study examining the relationship between disability and loneliness and including nine countries disability was associated with a higher probability of loneliness In a study conducted with visually impaired university students in China it was stated that being visually impaired and self-stigma had a significant relationship with loneliness There is increasing concern about the impact of restrictions imposed to control the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected the world in recent years on loneliness especially in individuals with disabilities In a study it was stated that visually impaired individuals constantly experienced higher levels of loneliness during the pandemic While loneliness remained relatively constant in individuals without disabilities it increased in those with disabilities and especially those with visual impairments In studies examining the effects of laughter yoga on loneliness it has been stated that it reduces loneliness
In the project another outcome measure in which laughter yoga is expected to have an effect on visually impaired individuals was determined as the level of anger The frustration difficulties and perception of incomprehension that disabled individuals encounter while performing their daily life activities may cause their anger levels to increase In a study conducted with visually impaired individuals it was stated that the trait anger levels of the sample group were high and mens trait anger score averages and anger expression mean scores were higher In another study anger levels were found to be higher in two separate groups one with a visually impaired child and one with a mentally disabled child compared to the group with a non-disabled child According to the statements of caregivers of disabled individuals the anger of 791 of disabled individuals increased during COVID-19 In order to strengthen the care provided to disabled individuals in our country Behavior Shaping and Anger Management training was given to approximately 150 personnel working in institutions providing boarding and day care services across the country Emotion theorists have written that laughter relieves overly tense energy improves social bonds reduces distress undoes negative emotions and is closely associated with reducing anger The expectation of visually impaired individuals from society is an approach based on respect understanding and awareness abandoning exclusionary discriminatory and pity-oriented attitudes Within the framework of this approach while visually impaired individuals expect to be accepted as they are they can increase their subjective well-being by participating in social cultural and sports activities and socializing WHO emphasizes that people with severe visual impairments have access to rehabilitation services that allow them to fully participate in society It also recommends raising awareness and empowerment efforts that involve people and communities
All important chemicals that help mood change dopamine oxytocin serotonin and endorphins which we call happiness hormones are released as a result of laughter The strategic use of laughter in treatments is aimed at regulating emotions creating emotional memories establishing social bonds reducing anxiety and alleviating social tension and is associated with neural network bundles In the study conducted with Korean university senior nursing students 8 sessions of laughter therapy program 60 minutes twice a week for 4 weeks were applied to the participants who were under the stress of final exams and employment There was a significant p0001 improvement in salivary cortisol levels subjective happiness and psychological stress of the students in the intervention group compared to the control group There are studies showing that laughter yoga improves depressive symptoms reduces levels of stress hormones and improves heart rate variability In this context cortisol endorphin and serotonin values of visually impaired individuals will be taken into account to be used in measuring the project results and this measurement will be carried out with a saliva test which is an easy and harmless method
Rapid population growth aging and lifestyle changes will increase global demand for eye care in the coming years WHO reported that as of 2019 at least 22 billion people worldwide have visual impairments One billion of them have preventable visual impairment or a problem that has not yet been addressed The report prepared upon recommendation at the 70th World Health Assembly examines inequalities in the scope and quality of prevention treatment and rehabilitation services It focuses on the lack of trained eye health service providers and the weak integration of eye care services into health systems among others In our country there are conditions that restrict full and effective participation in society on equal terms with other individuals due to various levels of loss of physical mental spiritual and sensory abilities An individual who is affected by attitudes and environmental conditions is defined as disabled Disability by the Ministry of Family and Social Services of the Republic of Turkey It is defined as a social phenomenon that affects all segments of society regardless of economic and social status Although approaches to people with disabilities vary across societies and cultures today disability is no longer a problem that individuals and families have to deal with alone but has become an issue that concerns the whole society In this context visually impaired individuals who are among disadvantaged groups and are at the center of global goals were determined as participants of the project
In the project one of the outcome measures in which laughter yoga was expected to have an effect on visually impaired individuals was determined as the level of loneliness Lacking the power of sight means visually impaired negative effects in physical psychological and social aspects Visually impaired people have the fear of living a life dependent on others of not having a status in society of encountering limitations in their interactions with other people and of not being able to make friends Compared to the general population people with disabilities tend to have fewer friends less social support and are more socially isolated Research conducted in England based on a nationally representative sample of approximately 17000 working-age adults found that disabled people were significantly more likely to report loneliness than their non-disabled peers According to the results of the same study exposure to loneliness in visually impaired individuals is positively associated with the incidence and prevalence of mental health problems In a study examining the relationship between disability and loneliness and including nine countries disability was associated with a higher probability of loneliness In a study conducted with visually impaired university students in China it was stated that being visually impaired and self-stigma had a significant relationship with loneliness There is increasing concern about the impact of restrictions imposed to control the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected the world in recent years on loneliness especially in individuals with disabilities In a study it was stated that visually impaired individuals constantly experienced higher levels of loneliness during the pandemic While loneliness remained relatively constant in individuals without disabilities it increased in those with disabilities and especially those with visual impairments In studies examining the effects of laughter yoga on loneliness it has been stated that it reduces loneliness
In the project another outcome measure in which laughter yoga is expected to have an effect on visually impaired individuals was determined as the level of anger The frustration difficulties and perception of incomprehension that disabled individuals encounter while performing their daily life activities may cause their anger levels to increase In a study conducted with visually impaired individuals it was stated that the trait anger levels of the sample group were high and mens trait anger score averages and anger expression mean scores were higher In another study anger levels were found to be higher in two separate groups one with a visually impaired child and one with a mentally disabled child compared to the group with a non-disabled child According to the statements of caregivers of disabled individuals the anger of 791 of disabled individuals increased during COVID-19 In order to strengthen the care provided to disabled individuals in our country Behavior Shaping and Anger Management training was given to approximately 150 personnel working in institutions providing boarding and day care services across the country Emotion theorists have written that laughter relieves overly tense energy improves social bonds reduces distress undoes negative emotions and is closely associated with reducing anger The expectation of visually impaired individuals from society is an approach based on respect understanding and awareness abandoning exclusionary discriminatory and pity-oriented attitudes Within the framework of this approach while visually impaired individuals expect to be accepted as they are they can increase their subjective well-being by participating in social cultural and sports activities and socializing WHO emphasizes that people with severe visual impairments have access to rehabilitation services that allow them to fully participate in society It also recommends raising awareness and empowerment efforts that involve people and communities
All important chemicals that help mood change dopamine oxytocin serotonin and endorphins which we call happiness hormones are released as a result of laughter The strategic use of laughter in treatments is aimed at regulating emotions creating emotional memories establishing social bonds reducing anxiety and alleviating social tension and is associated with neural network bundles In the study conducted with Korean university senior nursing students 8 sessions of laughter therapy program 60 minutes twice a week for 4 weeks were applied to the participants who were under the stress of final exams and employment There was a significant p0001 improvement in salivary cortisol levels subjective happiness and psychological stress of the students in the intervention group compared to the control group There are studies showing that laughter yoga improves depressive symptoms reduces levels of stress hormones and improves heart rate variability In this context cortisol endorphin and serotonin values of visually impaired individuals will be taken into account to be used in measuring the project results and this measurement will be carried out with a saliva test which is an easy and harmless method
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None