The Effect of Laughter Yoga and Pilates on Pregnancy in Pregnant Women Receiving Childbirth Preparation Training

ConditionPrenatal Care
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-45
SponsorIstanbul University - Cerrahpasa

About this trial

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of laughter yoga and pilates on pregnancy adjustment, anxiety and prenatal attachment in pregnant women who received childbirth preparation training.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Laughter Yoga Group

    Other intervention

    iving information about the yoga of meeting and laughter, Obtaining written consent through the informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school, P

  • Pilates Group

    Other intervention

    Providing information about meetings and Pilates, Obtaining written consent through an informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school, Doing a total of 8 sessions of pregnant pilates exercises for 4 weeks, 2 times a week, Sessions should consist of a maximum of 10 people, A total of 45 minutes of pilates exercise for pregnant women, At the end of the fourth week, the final test will be administered

  • Education Group

    Other intervention

    Providing information about the research, Obtaining written consent through the informed consent form, Pre-test will be applied in the first week Providing routine pregnancy school trainings by midwife trainers in the pregnancy school (pregnancy, postpartum care, baby care, breastfeeding, etc.) At the end of the fourth week, the final test will be administered

Treatment groups

90 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Laughter Yoga GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Pilates GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: Education GroupOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Scale

It is a 4-point Likert type scale consisting of a total of 33 questions. The scale consists of 9 sub-dimensions. In the scale, 11 items are reverse-coded, and the lowest score is 33 and the highest is 132 points.

Time frame
four week
2

Prenatal Self-Assessment Scale

It is a 4-point Likert-type scale consisting of 79 items. A minimum of 79 and a maximum of 316 points can be obtained on the scale

Time frame
four week
3

Prenatal Attachment Inventory

It consists of 21 items. Each item is of the quadruple Likert type, which can score between 1 and 4. A minimum of 21 and a maximum of 84 points can be obtained from the scale.

Time frame
four week

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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