Effect of Laughter Yoga on Surgical Fear and Anxiety in Patients Applied Before Ureteroscopy
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Laughter Yoga.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Ureteroscopy, Kidney Stones. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effect of Laughter Yoga on Surgical Fear and Anxiety in Patients Applied Before Ureteroscopy: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
Surgical fear is a situation where a person experiences excessive fear of surgical procedures. This fear can negatively affect the person's normal life and is usually more intense in the pre-operative period. The causes of surgical fear include factors such as previous negative surgical experiences, lack of sufficient information, post-operative pain and complications. In addition, factors such as age, gender, and level of education can also affect fear. This fear can lead to physical and psychological problems along with stress; symptoms such as increased heart rate, dizziness, and muscle tension can be seen. Methods such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, meditation, and hypnosis can be used in the treatment of surgical fear. In addition, anxiety can also arise from thinking about the surgical procedure, post-operative complications, fear of anesthesia, or pain. High-risk surgeries and past negative experiences can increase anxiety. High anxiety before surgery can lead to psychological and physical problems. Nurses should offer anxiety-reducing techniques (breathing exercises, relaxation) by taking into account the needs of patients. In addition, having relatives with the patient can help relieve anxiety. Laughter yoga is considered an effective complementary therapy to reduce surgical fear and anxiety. Developed in India in 1995, this method involves simulating laughter with yoga breathing techniques. Laughter yoga relaxes muscles, increases pain threshold, and improves overall psychological well-being. This study aims to evaluate the effects of laughter yoga on patients undergoing ureteroscopy.
Interventions
- Other Laughter Yoga
The first component of the intervention is laughter therapy, which is a combination of warm-up exercises, deep breathing exercises, childlike playfulness and laughter exercises. Participants will do laughter therapy via WhatsApp video call. Laughter yoga will be a single session and will last approximately 30 minutes.
Primary outcome measures
- Surgical Fear [Time frame: 40 minutes before the ureteroscopy procedure, 5 minutes before the ureteroscopy procedure]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Anxiety [Time frame: 40 minutes before ureteroscopy, 5 minutes before ureteroscopy]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
It will be applied to patients who agree to participate in the study, are scheduled to undergo ureteroscopy in a urological surgery clinic, have no hearing or vision problems, are over the age of 18, understand and speak Turkish, are literate, and can communicate.
Exclusion criteria
Patients with mental retardation and any psychiatric disorder, alcohol or drug addiction, hypertension or heart disease, hernia, glaucoma will be excluded.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Samsun Gazi State Hospital — Samsun
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06758284 · 2024/11/16