Laughter yoga: a new way to beat exam stress?
NCT ID NCT06943430
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether laughter yoga can lower exam anxiety and improve spirituality in nursing students. About 36 students will do laughter yoga twice a week for 4 weeks, while another group does nothing. Researchers will compare anxiety and spirituality scores before and after to see if the laughter sessions help.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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36 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 30 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Being a 2nd-year student in the Nursing Department * Able to speak and understand Turkish * Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the study * No visual or hearing impairments * No history of psychiatric illness * No current or past use of psychotropic medication Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to participate in the study * Inability to speak or understand Turkish * Diagnosed psychiatric illness and/or use of psychotropic agents * Previous participation in laughter yoga * Physical limitations or respiratory problems preventing yoga practice * Difficulty in performing breathing exercises due to conditions such as septum deviation * Abdominal surgery within the past 6 months Drop-out Criteria: * Failure to attend any of the laughter yoga sessions * Receiving a new diagnosis that contraindicates laughter yoga during the 4-week intervention period
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kirikkale University
Kirikkale, Turkey, 71450, Turkey (Türkiye)
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