NCT06829745

The Effect of Laughter Yoga Practiced After Burn Dressing

The Effect of Laughter Yoga Practiced After Burn Dressing on Pain, Anxiety and Mental Well-Being Levels.

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Burn is a serious trauma that causes acute damage to the skin and subcutaneous tissues due to the effect of heat, electricity, radiation, physical, and chemical substances. Research shows a relationship between burn dressing changes and increased pain, anxiety, and stress. It can also be said that anxiety negatively affects wound healing. This study aimed to determine the effect of Laughter Yoga, a non-drug method, on reducing or completely eliminating pain and anxiety after burn dressing and increasing the level of mental well-being. This study is planned to be conducted in a randomized manner.

Detailed description

The Burn Center will consist of patients receiving treatment at the Burn Clinic. Data will be obtained through the Introductory Information Form, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), State Anxiety Scale and Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale. Patients who will receive burn dressing will be visited in the clinic before the dressing and will be informed about the study. Sampled individuals will be placed into intervention and control groups using a random number table created with MS Excel software. The average hospital stay of patients is three weeks. Within the scope of the study, laughter yoga will be applied 2 hours after the dressing to the patients who are treated in the burn clinic for three weeks and are included in the intervention group. For the control group, STAII State Anxiety Scale, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale levels will be determined in the same periods without any application. The data obtained will be analyzed with appropriate statistical methods using the SPSS for Windows 23.0 program (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences).

Conditions

• Burns
• Laughter Yoga

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Laughter Yoga	Laughter yoga is applied to the intervention group patient 2 hours after the burn dressing. It is applied every other day for 30 minutes after dressing for three weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-06
• Primary completion: 2025-05-01
• Completion: 2025-07-01
• First posted: 2025-02-17
• Last updated: 2025-02-17

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)