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The Effect of Laughter Yoga and Pilates on Pregnancy in Pregnant Women Receiving Childbirth Preparation Training

NCT07031648 · tracked via the Priya Life Science Turkey tracker
Phase
Not applicable
Started
2025-06-13
Last updated
2025-06-22

Condition(s) studied

Prenatal Care

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Laughter Yoga GroupPilates GroupEducation Group

Laughter Yoga Group: iving information about the yoga of meeting and laughter, Obtaining written consent through the informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school, P

Pilates Group: Providing information about meetings and Pilates, Obtaining written consent through an informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school, Doing a total of 8 sessions of pregnant pilates exercises for 4 weeks, 2 times a week, Sessions should consist of a maximum of 10 people, A total of 45 minutes of pilates exercise for pregnant women, At the end of the fourth week, the final test will be administered

Education Group: Providing information about the research, Obtaining written consent through the informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school (pregnancy, postpartum care, baby care, breastfeeding, etc.) At the end of the fourth week, the final test will be administered

Study summary

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of laughter yoga and pilates on pregnancy adjustment, anxiety and prenatal attachment in pregnant women who received childbirth preparation training.

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Min age
18 Years
Max age
45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Inclusion Criteria: Week of pregnancy over 20 weeks Without multiple and risky pregnancies, Those who have not undergone intra-abdominal surgery, Not having a mental illness, No physical disability, Without any fetal anomalies and intrauterine growth retardation, Pregnant women who agreed to participate in the study were included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: Incomplete filling of data forms, Not volunteering to participate in the study.

Primary outcome measure(s)

  • Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Scale — four week
    It is a 4-point Likert type scale consisting of a total of 33 questions. The scale consists of 9 sub-dimensions. In the scale, 11 items are reverse-coded, and the lowest score is 33 and the highest is 132 points.
  • Prenatal Self-Assessment Scale — four week
    It is a 4-point Likert-type scale consisting of 79 items. A minimum of 79 and a maximum of 316 points can be obtained on the scale
  • Prenatal Attachment Inventory — four week
    It consists of 21 items. Each item is of the quadruple Likert type, which can score between 1 and 4. A minimum of 21 and a maximum of 84 points can be obtained from the scale.

Trial sites (1)

FacilityCityRegionStatus
Demet Güney Kastamonu Turkey (Türkiye) Recruiting
Official registry record

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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