Laughter Therapy: A laughter yoga session; It is approximately 30 minutes and consists of four parts. These sections; hand clapping and warm-up exercises, deep breathing exercises, childish games and laughter exercises. In each laughter yoga session, the first three parts are the same, but the laughter exercises in the fourth part vary. In the first session of each new group, the introduction of laughter yoga, its purpose and objectives will be discussed. 10 minutes will be allocated for this section in the first session of each group. Therefore, the first session is planned to be 40 minutes in each group and all subsequent sessions are planned to be 30 minutes.
Study summary
The postnatal period is a fragile period with physical and psychological changes as well as hormonal changes in the mother. Mind-body based complementary practices such as yoga, meditation, relaxation exercises can be used to improve well-being and facilitate adaptation to the changes experienced during this period. Among these practices, laughter yoga is new, simple, cost-effective, non-invasive, widely available online and easily applicable/accessible. In studies, individuals in different populations from children to the elderly have proven that laughter therapy interventions cause improvement in mood and life satisfaction. Looking at the literature, studies on laughter therapy in Turkey are limited and no study has been found on this subject. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the effect of laughter therapy given to mothers in the postnatal period on partner adjustment, life satisfaction and maternal attachment level in mothers. It is thought that this study will make a very important contribution to the literature.
Eligibility
Sex
FEMALE
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Inclusion Criteria:
* At least primary school graduate
* Over 18 years of age
* Volunteer to participate in the research
* Heterosexual
* With a spouse or partner
* At term
* With a single, healthy baby
* Have not had any intra-abdominal surgery
* With a 1-12 month postpartum baby
* Women who can use the Zoom program
Exclusion Criteria:
* Those who do not speak Turkish,
* Those with hearing and visual impairments,
* Those with mental disabilities,
* Those diagnosed with known psychiatric diseases,
* Mothers of babies with disabilities and chronic health problems
* Women with physical illnesses that prevent them from participating in Laughter Yoga sessions (breathing difficulties, persistent cough, vertigo, severe heart disease, hemorrhoids, any type of hernia such as neck, waist or inguinal hernia, severe back pain, urinary incontinence, epilepsy, etc.)
* Women who develop an acute health problem for themselves or their babies, who have had their mothers or babies suddenly hospitalized, who have lost their babies, who have separated from their spouses or partners, who do not attend laughter therapy sessions regularly, and who cannot be reached after the application will be excluded from the study.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale — 1st Time: Day 1, 2nd Time: Day 45, 3rd Time: Day 75 RDAS is the final 14-item form of the 32-item DAS, developed by Spanier (1976), and revised by Busby et al. (1995). Turkish validity and reliability study of the scale was conducted by Gündoğdu Psychometric evaluations of the scale in the Northern Cyprus sample were re-conducted by Bayraktaroğlu and Çakıcı. The scale was developed to assess the quality of relationships between couples who are married or in a marriage-like relationship. This questionnaire includes three subscales that are consensus (items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6), satisfaction (items 7, 9, 11, 12, and 13), and conflict (items 8, 10, and 14). The scale is 5-point Likert type and coded as 1 = Never, 2 = Rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, and 5 = Always. Items 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the scale are reverse scored. Scores on the RDAS range from 0 to 70 with higher scores indicating greater relationship satisfaction and lower scores indicating greater relationship distress.
Life Satisfaction Scale — 1st Time: Day 1, 2nd Time: Day 45, 3rd Time: Day 75 It is a self-assessment scale developed by Diener et al. The scale consists of five items and is unidimensional. The scale has a Likert-type rating scale with options from 1 to 7 ranging from 'not at all appropriate' to 'very appropriate'. The scale was translated and adapted into Turkish by Köker. The highest score that can be obtained from the Life Satisfaction Scale is 35 and the lowest score is 5. A high score on the scale indicates a high degree of satisfaction and a low score indicates a low degree of satisfaction.
Maternal Attachment Inventory — 1st Time: Day 1, 2nd Time: Day 45, 3rd Time: Day 75 Maternal Attachment ınventory was originally developed by Mary E. Muller in 1994 for the assessment of maternal attachment. The validity and reliability of the Turkish form was done by Kavlak and Şirin (2009). The scale has no sub-dimensions. Maternal attachment inventory, an indicator of and measuring affection, is a self-administered scale and can only be administered to literate women who can read and write and understand what they read. Each item is in a 4-point Likert type ranging from "always" to "never." Each item contains statements and points, showing a = 4 (always), b = 3 (often), c = 2 (sometimes), and d = 1 (never). An overall score is obtained from the sum of all items. A high score indicates a high level of maternal attachment. The lowest score to be obtained from the scale is 26, while the highest score is 104. The scale has no cutoff score. The Maternal Attachment Scale is administered to mothers who have a baby of at least 1-month old. It is not applied to pregnant wo
Personal Information Form — 1st time: Day 1 Personal Information Form It consists of 16 questions developed by the researcher as a result of literature reviews. It consists of 11 questions about the socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers (age, education level, income status, presence of social security, etc.) and 5 questions about obstetric characteristics (number of pregnancies, parity status, etc.).
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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