The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Vasomotor Symptoms and Sleep Quality

The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Vasomotor Symptoms and Sleep Quality in Menopausal Women

The research was planned as a prospective, randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effect of online laughter yoga applied to menopausal women on vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and sleep quality. Research Hypotheses ar below; H0: Online laughter yoga has no effect on VMS. H1: Online laughter yoga has an effect on VMS. H0: Online laughter yoga has no effect on sleep quality. H1: Online laughter yoga has an effect on sleep quality.

The sample will consist of 82 menopausal women aged 40-60 years and experiencing at least one of the VMS. Intervention group: Online laughter yoga will be applied to women by a researcher who has an internationally approved certificate. The intervention group will receive eight online laughter yoga sessions, two sessions per week for four weeks. In this study, the number of laughter yoga sessions was determined in line with the studies in the literature. Each laughter yoga session is planned to last approximately 40-45 minutes. Each session of laughter yoga consists of clapping and warm-up exercises, deep breathing exercises, childlike play and laughter.

No intervention will be applied to the control group.

Inclusion Criteria:

• - enrolled in the Menopause School,
• Signing the Informed Consent Form,
• Willing to participate in the research,
• Able to read and write Turkish,
• Open to communication,
• Those who are between the ages of 40-60 and have not experienced menstruation for at least one year,
• Experiencing at least one of the vasomotor symptoms
• A VMS severity of at least 4 according to the Visual Analog Scale,
• Not using drugs for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms,
• No chronic disease
• Regular laughter yoga is not practiced,
• Those who have not entered the menopause surgically,
• Women without psychiatric problems

Exclusion Criteria:

• - Not enrolled in Menopause School,
• Not signing the Informed Consent Form,
• Not willing to participate in the research,
• Cannot read and write Turkish,
• Unable to communicate
• Less than 40 years old, over 60 years old, experienced menstruation for at least one year,
• Not experiencing vasomotor symptoms,
• VMS severity is less than 4 according to the Visual Analog Scale,
• Using drugs for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms,
• Having a chronic disease,
• Regular laughter yoga practice
• Those who have surgically entered the menopause,
• Women with psychiatric problems