Laughter Yoga Intervention in Patients on Haemodialysis

This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental type and pre-test-post-test design in order to examine the effects of laughter yoga applied to hemodialysis patients on the happiness and mental well-being levels of the patients and on blood pressure. The universe of the study will be patients receiving hemodialysis treatment at Fethiye Özel Can Dialysis Center (N=184) and the sample will be a total of 72 patients, consisting of the experimental group (n=36) and the control group (n=36). After obtaining the permission of the ethics committee and institution, the data will be collected face to face by the researchers before and after the laughter yoga to be applied to hemodialysis patients receiving treatment at Fethiye Özel Can Dialysis Center and who agreed to participate in the study. In the collection of data; Introductory Information Form (TBF), Warwick-Edinburgh Mentai Well-Being Scale (WEMİOÖ), Oxford Happiness Scale (OMÖ) and blood pressure measurements of the patients will be used. IBM SPSS 25.0 package program will be used to evaluate the data.

NCT Number	NCT06938737
Lead Sponsor	Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
Conditions	Haemodialysis Patients, Laughter Yoga
Enrollment	72 participants
Start Date	2025-04-28
Primary Completion	2025-06-16 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-06-20 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-04-22