The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Individual and Organizational Outcomes in Nurse Managers
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Laughter Yoga Program.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Burnout, Professional, Stress, Psychological, Compassion Fatigue, Quality of Life. Basic parameters: No limits · 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
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- 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
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Individual and Organizational Outcomes in Nurse Managers: A Longitudinal Study
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if laughter yoga can improve both individual and organizational outcomes in nurse managers. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does laughter yoga lower burnout and stress levels in nurse managers? * Does laughter yoga improve work-life quality and job performance? * Does laughter yoga help nurse managers make better decisions and solve problems more effectively? * Does laughter yoga lower compassion fatigue and support positive approaches to workplace conflict? Researchers will compare a laughter yoga group with a control group to see if there are meaningful differences. Participants will: * Join structured laughter yoga sessions for a defined period (weekly sessions). * Complete surveys before and after the program about stress, burnout, work-life quality, decision-making, problem solving, job performance, compassion fatigue, and conflict approaches. * Continue their usual work while attending sessions.
Detailed description
Nurse managers play a vital role in healthcare systems by ensuring the quality of nursing services, supporting staff, coordinating care, and solving organizational problems. However, the combination of administrative responsibilities, staff shortages, and high expectations often leads to stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and difficulties in maintaining work-life balance. These conditions not only affect the individual health and well-being of nurse managers but also reduce team motivation, patient care quality, and overall organizational performance.
Laughter yoga is a mind-body practice that combines intentional laughter with breathing exercises. It does not rely on humor or jokes; instead, participants engage in guided group exercises that promote spontaneous and prolonged laughter. Scientific evidence suggests that laughter yoga can lower stress hormones, increase endorphins, improve mood, and strengthen social bonds. Although laughter yoga has been studied in various populations, there is a lack of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) specifically focusing on nurse managers and their professional challenges.
This randomized controlled trial aims to fill this gap by evaluating the individual and organizational outcomes of laughter yoga among nurse managers working in university and state hospitals.
The expected contribution of this study is to provide new evidence on a cost-effective, non-pharmacological intervention that can be easily integrated into hospital settings. If laughter yoga proves effective, it can be adopted as a sustainable strategy to support nurse managers' mental health, enhance their leadership capacity, and indirectly improve patient care and organizational outcomes.
Interventions
- Behavioral Laughter Yoga Program
This intervention consists of a structured Laughter Yoga Program designed for nurse managers. Each session includes breathing exercises, warm-up activities, guided and simulated laughter exercises (such as clapping, chanting, role-play laughter), and a short relaxation/meditation phase. Sessions are conducted in small groups by a certified facilitator. The program is delivered twice weekly for 8 weeks, with each session lasting approximately 30-45 minutes. The intervention is intended to reduce
Primary outcome measures
- Perceived Stress (Perceived Stress Scale - PSS) [Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months.]
- Burnout Levels (Maslach Burnout Inventory - MBI) [Time frame: Baseline, immediately post-intervention (8 weeks), and follow-up (3 months after intervention).]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Problem Solving Inventory [Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months]
- Work Performance [Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months.]
- Compassion Fatigue [Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months]
- Decision-Making Styles scale [Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks, 3 months.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Currently working as a nurse manager
- Having at least six months of managerial experience
- Continuing to serve as a nurse manager throughout the study period
Exclusion criteria
- Having previously received laughter yoga training
- Use of medications affecting general health components during the study (e.g., for depression, anxiety)
- Being pregnant
- Experiencing an acute stressful life event, such as the death of a close relative
- Having undergone abdominal surgery within the past 6 months
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07235735 · Laughter Yoga