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The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis

The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Aug 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open

Brief summary (registry, in English)

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.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
First submitted
12 Aug 2025
Start date
29 Aug 2025
Primary completion date
30 Apr 2026
Lead sponsor
Ataturk University
NCT number
NCT07128264

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 60
  • From 29 Aug 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2026
  • No sites listed in no country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other

  • Patients who do not participate in laughter yoga
  • Patients who wish to withdraw from the study

Who the study is looking for

  • Those diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis,
  • Those who scored 10 or above on the depression scale, 8 or above on the anxiety scale, and 15 or above on the stress scale of the Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale
  • Are over 18 years of age,
  • Have no hearing or communication problems,
  • Possess a smartphone,
  • Have no physical problems that would prevent them from performing yoga exercises (bleeding hemorrhoids, any type of hernia, persistent cough, incontinence, hypertension, major psychiatric disorders, pregnancy, flu, epilepsy, or surgery within the last 3 months, etc.)
  • Ankylosing spondylitis patients who volunteer to participate in the study will be included in the study sample.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.