HypertensionHT-LaughterNCT07148869
The Effect of Laughter Yoga Practice in Hypertension Patients
A study testing LAUGHTER YOGA in people with Hypertension and Laughter Yoga, run by Kilis 7 Aralik University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
Hypertension (HT), which is defined as an arterial blood pressure higher than 140/90 mmHg, is an important health problem because it causes serious complications and is commonly seen in the community. Laughter as an expression of humour has been accepted as a good medicine for centuries. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Hypertension, Laughter Yoga
- What is being tested?
- LAUGHTER YOGA
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 20 Aug 2025to 31 Dec 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Diagnosed with hypertension in the last one year
- Those who volunteered to participate in the study
- No problem preventing communication
- No cognitive and mental problems
- Not taking anxiolytics, antidepressants or sleeping pills
- Individuals without an additional chronic disease that may affect breathing, such as heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Will be included in the research.
Who cannot join
- The patient wishes to leave the study voluntarily
- Less than 80% participation of the patient in the laughter yoga programme
- Failure of the patient to participate in follow-up assessments
- The patient receives additional treatments during the study
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
About this study
Official title: The Effect of Laughter Yoga Practice on Anxiety, Sleep Quality, Treatment Compliance and Satisfaction in Hypertension Patients
Hypertension (HT), which is defined as an arterial blood pressure higher than 140/90 mmHg, is an important health problem because it causes serious complications and is commonly seen in the community.
Laughter as an expression of humour has been accepted as a good medicine for centuries. It is also one of the practices used in nursing care according to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). Laughter yoga developed by Dr. Madan Kataria, an Indian medical doctor, in 1995 includes deep breathing exercises, meditation, childish games and laughter without humour. In practice, individual sessions as well as group sessions can be held. It is important to form groups of at least 5 people in terms of the dynamics of the group. The first stage in laughter yoga is warm-up exercises. Hands are clapped parallel to each other, acupuncture points are stimulated by stimulating the fingertips and palms as clapping is performed, and a vocal rhythm in the form of ho, ho, ha-ha-ha is added to the last clapping movement. In the second stage, breathing exercises, the participants raise their arms to the sky as if praying, inhale and hold their breath for 4-5 seconds after deep inspiration and exhale rhythmically and slowly. The third stage includes childish games. The last stage is the stage of laughter exercises in which unreasonable laughter is thrown by imagining situations as if they did not exist. These exercises include milkshake laughter exercises, lion laughter, hot soup laughter, hugging laughter, bird laughter, etc. It is recommended that each session should be at least 20 minutes and should be applied for at least 8 weeks. At the end of the session, individuals are provided to relax by meditation.
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The aim of this thesis study;
- Developing the Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale and
- To investigate the effect of laughter yoga practice on anxiety, sleep quality, treatment compliance and satisfaction in hypertension patients.
Hypotheses of the study H1-1: Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale is a valid scale. H2-1: Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale is a reliable scale. H3-1: Laughter yoga reduces the anxiety level of hypertension patients. H4-1: Laughter yoga improves the sleep quality of hypertension patients. H5-1: Laughter yoga increases the level of compliance with treatment in hypertension patients.
H6-1: Hypertension patients have a high level of satisfaction with laughter yoga.
H7-1: Laughter yoga has positive effects on vital signs of hypertension patients.
Read the detailed description
Patient Information Form: In the form developed by the researcher as a result of literature review, some sociodemographic characteristics of the patients (age, gender, educational status, marital status, social security, employment and income status, smoking and alcohol use) were included. and medical characteristics (duration of HT diagnosis, medications used, presence of hypertension in the family, other chronic diseases) will be included.
Life Findings Record Form: The researcher will measure the patient's blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pulse and respiratory rate, body temperature 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the laughter yoga session and record them on this form.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI): The scale consists of 18 items and 7 components. The total PDQI score is the sum of the scores of these components and the total score takes a value between 0-21. A PDQI total score >5 indicates 'poor sleep quality' and a PDQI total score <5 indicates 'good sleep quality'. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the Turkish version of the scale was found to be 0.80.
State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI): The scale consists of two separate forms, a 20-item State Anxiety Scale and a 20-item Trait Anxiety Scale. The total score value obtained from the scales is between 20 and 80 points. Scores close to 80 points indicate a high level of anxiety. Scale reliability according to Kuder-Richardson reliability: 0.83 to 0.87 for Trait Anxiety Scale and 0.94 to 0.96 for State Anxiety Scale. Item reliability correlations were found between 0.34 and 0.72 for the Trait Anxiety Scale and between 0.42 and 0.85 for the State Anxiety Scale. In the scale, which measures momentary (temporary) anxiety at a reliable level, participants tick the most appropriate option from the options of "not at all", "a little", "a lot" or "completely" for each statement in the state anxiety scores. Positive scores (increasing the total anxiety score) are given for items; negative scores (decreasing the total anxiety score) are given for items. During the evaluation, a score between 1 (or -1) and 4 (or -4) is given for each item according to the positive or negative feature of the item and a constant of 50 is added to the total score to be obtained. The highest score is 80 and the lowest score is 20. The higher the total anxiety score, the higher the anxiety level of the respondent.
Hill-Bone Hypertension Treatment Compliance Scale: The four-point Likert-type scale (0=never, 1=sometimes, 2=most of the time and 3=always) consists of 14 items and has three sub-dimensions including interview, medical and nutrition. The scores that can be obtained from the scale vary between 0 (perfect agreement) and 42 (incompatible). As the score obtained from the scale increases, treatment compliance decreases. While the Cronbach alpha value of the original scale was found to be 0.84, the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the Turkish version was found to be 0.83.
Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale: In the first stage of the research, the scale developed by the researcher and the validity-reliability study will be used.
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Laughter Yoga
- Being tested
- LAUGHTER YOGA, control group
- Keywords
- Hypertension, Sleep Quality, laughter yoga, anxiety, treatment compliance
- Medical subject headings
- Hypertension, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Patient Compliance
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
LAUGHTER YOGABehavioural
Patients will be divided into groups of at least 5 people according to the sample size. Laughter yoga sessions will be conducted under the leadership of the researcher in a suitable room / hall determined within the hospital. A total of 8 sessions will be applied, 2 sessions per week for 4 weeks, with each session lasting an average of 40 minutes.
control groupOther
there will be no application to this group
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| laughter yoga group | Experimental | Patients will be divided into groups of at least 5 people according to the sample size. Laughter yoga sessions will be conducted under the leadership of the researcher in a suitable room / hall determined within the hospital. A total of 8 sessions will be applied, 2 sessions per week for 4 weeks, with each session lasting an average of 40 minutes. Receives: Behavioral: LAUGHTER YOGA |
| CONTROL GROUP | Placebo comparator | there will be no application to this group Receives: Other: control group |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Life Findings Record Form
The researcher will measure the patient's blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pulse and respiratory rate, body temperature 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the laughter yoga session and record them on this form.
Measured: Day 1
Sleep Quality
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI): The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale developed by Buysse et al. to evaluate sleep quality in the last month was performed by Ağargün et al. The scale consists of 18 items and 7 components. The total PDQI score is the sum of the scores of these components and the total score takes a value between 0-21. A PDQI total score >5 indicates 'poor sleep quality' and a PDQI total score <5 indicates 'good sleep quality'. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the Turkish version of the scale was found to be 0.80.
Measured: Day 1
State and Trait Anxiety Inventory
State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI): The scale developed by Spielberger et al. (1970) was adapted to Turkish culture and validity and reliability studies were conducted by Öner and Le Compte (1983). The scale consists of two separate forms, a 20-item State Anxiety Scale and a 20-item Trait Anxiety Scale. The total score value obtained from the scales is between 20 and 80 points. Scores close to 80 points indicate a high level of anxiety. Scale reliability according to Kuder-Richardson reliability: 0.83 to 0.87 for Trait Anxiety Scale and 0.94 to 0.96 for State Anxiety Scale. Item reliability correlations were found between 0.34 and 0.72 for the Trait Anxiety Scale and between 0.42 and 0.85 for the State Anxiety Scale. In the scale, which measures momentary (temporary) anxiety at a reliable level, participants tick the most appropriate option from the options of "not at all", "a little", "a lot" or "completely" for each statement in the state anxiety scores. Positive scores (incre
Measured: Day 1
Hill-Bone Hypertension Treatment Compliance
Hill-Bone Hypertension Treatment Compliance Scale: The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale developed by Kim et al. was performed by Karademir et al. The four-point Likert-type scale (0=never, 1=sometimes, 2=most of the time and 3=always) consists of 14 items and has three sub-dimensions including interview, medical and nutrition. The scores that can be obtained from the scale vary between 0 (perfect agreement) and 42 (incompatible). As the score obtained from the scale increases, treatment compliance decreases. While the Cronbach alpha value of the original scale was found to be 0.84, the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the Turkish version was found to be 0.83.
Measured: Day 1
Laughter Yoga Satisfaction
Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale: In the first phase of the study, the scale developed by the researcher and the validity-reliability study will be used. On a scale ranging from a minimum of 13 to a maximum of 65, it is shown that satisfaction increases as the score increases.
Measured: Day 4
Secondary outcomes (5)
Sleep Quality
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI): The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale developed by Buysse et al. to evaluate sleep quality in the last month was performed by Ağargün et al. The scale consists of 18 items and 7 components. The total PDQI score is the sum of the scores of these components and the total score takes a value between 0-21. A PDQI total score >5 indicates 'poor sleep quality' and a PDQI total score <5 indicates 'good sleep quality'. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the Turkish version of the scale was found to be 0.80.
Measured: four weeks later
State and Trait Anxiety Inventory
State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI): The scale developed by Spielberger et al. (1970) was adapted to Turkish culture and validity and reliability studies were conducted by Öner and Le Compte (1983). The scale consists of two separate forms, a 20-item State Anxiety Scale and a 20-item Trait Anxiety Scale. The total score value obtained from the scales is between 20 and 80 points. Scores close to 80 points indicate a high level of anxiety. Scale reliability according to Kuder-Richardson reliability: 0.83 to 0.87 for Trait Anxiety Scale and 0.94 to 0.96 for State Anxiety Scale. Item reliability correlations were found between 0.34 and 0.72 for the Trait Anxiety Scale and between 0.42 and 0.85 for the State Anxiety Scale. In the scale, which measures momentary (temporary) anxiety at a reliable level, participants tick the most appropriate option from the options of "not at all", "a little", "a lot" or "completely" for each statement in the state anxiety scores. Positive scores (incre
Measured: four weeks later
Hill-Bone Hypertension Treatment Compliance
Hill-Bone Hypertension Treatment Compliance Scale: The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale developed by Kim et al. was performed by Karademir et al. The four-point Likert-type scale (0=never, 1=sometimes, 2=most of the time and 3=always) consists of 14 items and has three sub-dimensions including interview, medical and nutrition. The scores that can be obtained from the scale vary between 0 (perfect agreement) and 42 (incompatible). As the score obtained from the scale increases, treatment compliance decreases. While the Cronbach alpha value of the original scale was found to be 0.84, the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the Turkish version was found to be 0.83.
Measured: four weeks later
Laughter Yoga Satisfaction
Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale: In the first stage of the research, the scale developed by the researcher and the validity-reliability study will be used.
Measured: four weeks later
Life Findings Record Form
The researcher will measure the patient's blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pulse and respiratory rate, body temperature 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the laughter yoga session and record them on this form.
Measured: up to 4 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted29 Aug 2025
- Study start20 Aug 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion20 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for HypertensionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Parallel Assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Kilis 7 Aralik University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Hasan Kalyoncu University
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, GÜLSEN KARATAŞ, Kilis 7 Aralik University
- Investigators
- NURAN TOSUN, PROF., Study director
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07148869
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HASAN KALYONCU UNIVERSITY
- Acronym
- HT-Laughter
- Status last verified
- Aug 2025
- First submitted
- 18 Jul 2025
- Last updated
- 29 Aug 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: the study can be shared after publication
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 29 Aug 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Laughter Yoga Practice on Anxiety, Sleep Quality, Treatment Compliance and Satisfaction in Hypertension Patients
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07148869
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HT-Laughter / HASAN KALYONCU UNIVERSITY
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Laughter Yoga
- Keywords
- Hypertension, Sleep Quality, laughter yoga, anxiety, treatment compliance
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Kilis 7 Aralik UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Hasan Kalyoncu University
- Study start
- 20 Aug 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 20 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 29 Aug 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Hypertension (HT), which is defined as an arterial blood pressure higher than 140/90 mmHg, is an important health problem because it causes serious complications and is commonly seen in the community.
Laughter as an expression of humour has been accepted as a good medicine for centuries. It is also one of the practices used in nursing care according to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). Laughter yoga developed by Dr. Madan Kataria, an Indian medical doctor, in 1995 includes deep breathing exercises, meditation, childish games and laughter without humour. In practice, individual sessions as well as group sessions can be held. It is important to form groups of at least 5 people in terms of the dynamics of the group. The first stage in laughter yoga is warm-up exercises. Hands are clapped parallel to each other, acupuncture points are stimulated by stimulating the fingertips and palms as clapping is performed, and a vocal rhythm in the form of ho, ho, ha-ha-ha is added to the last clapping movement. In the second stage, breathing exercises, the participants raise their arms to the sky as if praying, inhale and hold their breath for 4-5 seconds after deep inspiration and exhale rhythmically and slowly. The third stage includes childish games. The last stage is the stage of laughter exercises in which unreasonable laughter is thrown by imagining situations as if they did not exist. These exercises include milkshake laughter exercises, lion laughter, hot soup laughter, hugging laughter, bird laughter, etc. It is recommended that each session should be at least 20 minutes and should be applied for at least 8 weeks. At the end of the session, individuals are provided to relax by meditation.
The aim of this thesis study;
- Developing the Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale and
- To investigate the effect of laughter yoga practice on anxiety, sleep quality, treatment compliance and satisfaction in hypertension patients.
Hypotheses of the study H1-1: Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale is a valid scale. H2-1: Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale is a reliable scale. H3-1: Laughter yoga reduces the anxiety level of hypertension patients. H4-1: Laughter yoga improves the sleep quality of hypertension patients. H5-1: Laughter yoga increases the level of compliance with treatment in hypertension patients.
H6-1: Hypertension patients have a high level of satisfaction with laughter yoga.
H7-1: Laughter yoga has positive effects on vital signs of hypertension patients.
Detailed description
Patient Information Form: In the form developed by the researcher as a result of literature review, some sociodemographic characteristics of the patients (age, gender, educational status, marital status, social security, employment and income status, smoking and alcohol use) were included. and medical characteristics (duration of HT diagnosis, medications used, presence of hypertension in the family, other chronic diseases) will be included.
Life Findings Record Form: The researcher will measure the patient's blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pulse and respiratory rate, body temperature 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the laughter yoga session and record them on this form.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI): The scale consists of 18 items and 7 components. The total PDQI score is the sum of the scores of these components and the total score takes a value between 0-21. A PDQI total score >5 indicates 'poor sleep quality' and a PDQI total score <5 indicates 'good sleep quality'. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the Turkish version of the scale was found to be 0.80.
State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI): The scale consists of two separate forms, a 20-item State Anxiety Scale and a 20-item Trait Anxiety Scale. The total score value obtained from the scales is between 20 and 80 points. Scores close to 80 points indicate a high level of anxiety. Scale reliability according to Kuder-Richardson reliability: 0.83 to 0.87 for Trait Anxiety Scale and 0.94 to 0.96 for State Anxiety Scale. Item reliability correlations were found between 0.34 and 0.72 for the Trait Anxiety Scale and between 0.42 and 0.85 for the State Anxiety Scale. In the scale, which measures momentary (temporary) anxiety at a reliable level, participants tick the most appropriate option from the options of "not at all", "a little", "a lot" or "completely" for each statement in the state anxiety scores. Positive scores (increasing the total anxiety score) are given for items; negative scores (decreasing the total anxiety score) are given for items. During the evaluation, a score between 1 (or -1) and 4 (or -4) is given for each item according to the positive or negative feature of the item and a constant of 50 is added to the total score to be obtained. The highest score is 80 and the lowest score is 20. The higher the total anxiety score, the higher the anxiety level of the respondent.
Hill-Bone Hypertension Treatment Compliance Scale: The four-point Likert-type scale (0=never, 1=sometimes, 2=most of the time and 3=always) consists of 14 items and has three sub-dimensions including interview, medical and nutrition. The scores that can be obtained from the scale vary between 0 (perfect agreement) and 42 (incompatible). As the score obtained from the scale increases, treatment compliance decreases. While the Cronbach alpha value of the original scale was found to be 0.84, the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the Turkish version was found to be 0.83.
Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale: In the first stage of the research, the scale developed by the researcher and the validity-reliability study will be used.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Parallel Assignment
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| laughter yoga group | Experimental | Behavioral: LAUGHTER YOGAPatients will be divided into groups of at least 5 people according to the sample size. Laughter yoga sessions will be conducted under the leadership of the researcher in a suitable room / hall determined within the hospital. A total of 8 sessions will be applied, 2 sessions per week for 4 weeks, with each session lasting an average of 40 minutes. |
| CONTROL GROUP | Placebo comparator | Other: control groupthere will be no application to this group |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Diagnosed with hypertension in the last one year
- Those who volunteered to participate in the study
- No problem preventing communication
- No cognitive and mental problems
- Not taking anxiolytics, antidepressants or sleeping pills
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- The patient wishes to leave the study voluntarily
- Less than 80% participation of the patient in the laughter yoga programme
- Failure of the patient to participate in follow-up assessments
- The patient receives additional treatments during the study
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| LAUGHTER YOGAPatients will be divided into groups of at least 5 people according to the sample size. Laughter yoga sessions will be conducted under the leadership of the researcher in a suitable room / hall determined within the hospital. A total of 8 sessions will be applied, 2 sessions per week for 4 weeks, with each session lasting an average of 40 minutes. | Behavioural | laughter yoga group |
| control groupthere will be no application to this group | Other | CONTROL GROUP |
Primary outcome
Life Findings Record Form
Time frame: Day 1
The researcher will measure the patient's blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pulse and respiratory rate, body temperature 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the laughter yoga session and record them on this form.
Sleep Quality
Time frame: Day 1
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI): The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale developed by Buysse et al. to evaluate sleep quality in the last month was performed by Ağargün et al. The scale consists of 18 items and 7 components. The total PDQI score is the sum of the scores of these components and the total score takes a value between 0-21. A PDQI total score >5 indicates 'poor sleep quality' and a PDQI total score <5 indicates 'good sleep quality'. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the Turkish version of the scale was found to be 0.80.
State and Trait Anxiety Inventory
Time frame: Day 1
State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI): The scale developed by Spielberger et al. (1970) was adapted to Turkish culture and validity and reliability studies were conducted by Öner and Le Compte (1983). The scale consists of two separate forms, a 20-item State Anxiety Scale and a 20-item Trait Anxiety Scale. The total score value obtained from the scales is between 20 and 80 points. Scores close to 80 points indicate a high level of anxiety. Scale reliability according to Kuder-Richardson reliability: 0.83 to 0.87 for Trait Anxiety Scale and 0.94 to 0.96 for State Anxiety Scale. Item reliability correlations were found between 0.34 and 0.72 for the Trait Anxiety Scale and between 0.42 and 0.85 for the State Anxiety Scale. In the scale, which measures momentary (temporary) anxiety at a reliable level, participants tick the most appropriate option from the options of "not at all", "a little", "a lot" or "completely" for each statement in the state anxiety scores. Positive scores (incre
Hill-Bone Hypertension Treatment Compliance
Time frame: Day 1
Hill-Bone Hypertension Treatment Compliance Scale: The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale developed by Kim et al. was performed by Karademir et al. The four-point Likert-type scale (0=never, 1=sometimes, 2=most of the time and 3=always) consists of 14 items and has three sub-dimensions including interview, medical and nutrition. The scores that can be obtained from the scale vary between 0 (perfect agreement) and 42 (incompatible). As the score obtained from the scale increases, treatment compliance decreases. While the Cronbach alpha value of the original scale was found to be 0.84, the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the Turkish version was found to be 0.83.
Laughter Yoga Satisfaction
Time frame: Day 4
Laughter Yoga Satisfaction Scale: In the first phase of the study, the scale developed by the researcher and the validity-reliability study will be used. On a scale ranging from a minimum of 13 to a maximum of 65, it is shown that satisfaction increases as the score increases.
5 secondary outcomes
Sleep Quality
Time frame: four weeks later
State and Trait Anxiety Inventory
Time frame: four weeks later
Hill-Bone Hypertension Treatment Compliance
Time frame: four weeks later
Laughter Yoga Satisfaction
Time frame: four weeks later
Life Findings Record Form
Time frame: up to 4 weeks
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 29 Aug 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. the study can be shared after publication
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
NURAN TOSUN, PROF. study director
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing LAUGHTER YOGA in people with Hypertension and Laughter Yoga, run by Kilis 7 Aralik University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Aug 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact GULSEN KARATAS (+905054846160, glsnkrts002@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Life Findings Record Form (time frame: Day 1). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Aug 2025.