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Laughter yoga in schools: a fun path to healthier teens?

NCT ID NCT07607847

Symptom relief Sponsor: Ankara University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested a six-week school program that combined health education with laughter yoga for 74 eighth-grade students. The goal was to see if it could improve healthy lifestyle behaviors like nutrition, physical activity, and stress management. Researchers used a well-known behavior change model (PRECEDE-PROCEED) to design the program and measured results with a validated questionnaire.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Laughter yoga-integrated health education
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could offer schools a low-cost, fun way to help teens build healthier habits and manage stress.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed study with 74 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is short-term, and lasting behavior change is hard to confirm.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

74 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Apr 2026

Finished

May 2026

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

10 to 14 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntary participation of the student and parent/guardian * Being enrolled as an 8th-grade student * No hearing, visual, or cognitive impairment affecting participation in data collection Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of any medical condition contraindicating physical activity * History of abdominal surgery within the past 3 months * Diagnosis of diabetes, glaucoma, hypertension, epilepsy, hernia, or asthma

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Adolescent Behavior Health Behavior Health Education

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Adolescent Adolescent behavior Health behavior Health education Health lifestyle behaviors Laughter therapy Precede-proceed model

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Nursing Fakulty,

    Ankara, Altındağ, Turkey (Türkiye)

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