NCT06326255Active, not recruiting
Feasibility and Acceptability of Laughter Yoga in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Parents
The Effects of Laughter Yoga on Reducing Depression and Anxiety in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)and Parenting Stress in Their Parents: a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Sept 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a pilot randomised controlled trial to explore the acceptability and feasibility of laughter yoga about anxiety and depression reduction in children with ASD and parenting stress reduction for their parents. Hypotheses of this study include: 1. Laughter yoga is acceptable to children with ASD and their parents. 2. Laughter yoga is feasible for anxiety and depression reduction in children with ASD and parenting stress reduction in their parents. 3. Participants in the experimental group will have significantly more reduction in depression, anxiety and parental stress than those in the wait-list-control group.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 66 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 4 Mar 2024
- Start date
- 15 Mar 2024
- Primary completion date
- 1 Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
- LAM Chung Yan Hemio
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT06326255
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 66
- From 15 Mar 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Feb 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- has recently undergone surgery, or
- is receiving medical treatment for anxiety or depression at the start of the laughter yoga program.
- THE PARENT has:
- recently undergone surgery, or
Other illness
- been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, or
Other
- THE CHILD:
- has a primary diagnosis not ASD, or
- has an intelligence quotient lower than 70, or
- has been diagnosed low functioning ASD, or
- has severe behavioral problems, or
- no child with ASD is willing to participate in this study.
Who the study is looking for
- THE CHILD should:
- aged 8 to 12
- be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (according to either The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) or International Classification of Diseases 11th), and
- able to read and understand Chinese and Cantonese, and
- have a parent (father or mother) participating in this study together.
- THE PARENT should:
- be able to read and understand Chinese and Cantonese, and
- willing to attend the laughter yoga classes with their child, and
- willing to complete the required post-test.
Age in the registry: 8 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR China | Unknown status |
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