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The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Sponsor: Ataturk University
Summary
This study will be conducted to evaluate the effects of laughter yoga on disease activity, pain, functional status, depression/anxiety/stress, and quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis patients.
Official title: The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2025-08-29
Completion Date
2026-04
Last Updated
2025-08-17
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Laughter Yoga
Laughter eliminates feelings such as hopelessness, anger, and anxiety, thereby alleviating stress, depression, and anxiety, raising the pain threshold, reducing stress, accelerating blood circulation, strengthening immunity, improving quality of life, strengthening memory, reducing tension, and relaxing muscles. Based on these positive effects, laughter yoga is a complementary treatment method that combines humor and laughter. Laughter yoga sessions will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams in a quiet and peaceful environment at home. The first 10-minute section consists of warm-up exercises (warming up and clapping). The second 10-minute section consists of deep breathing exercises that prepare the lungs for laughter. The third 10-minute section consists of childlike games that induce laughter without humor. The fourth and final 15-minute section consists of laughter exercises that enable laughter without any jokes, comedy, or humor.