The Effect of Laughter Yoga and Premenstrual Symptoms

Launched by KIRKLARELI UNIVERSITY · Jul 10, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying whether laughter yoga—a fun exercise that combines laughing and breathing techniques—can help reduce the symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and improve quality of life for young women. PMS includes a range of emotional and physical symptoms like mood swings, irritability, anxiety, trouble sleeping, and changes in appetite or energy that happen before a woman’s period. These symptoms can affect daily life, relationships, and overall well-being. Since laughter yoga is a new approach to managing health, this study wants to find out if it can be a helpful way to ease PMS symptoms.

Women between 18 and 25 years old who have regular menstrual cycles and can read and understand Turkish may be eligible to participate. To join, volunteers need to complete surveys about their symptoms and quality of life. The study excludes women who have certain health issues, mental illnesses, or who are currently using other treatments for PMS. If you take part, you can expect to engage in laughter yoga sessions and share your experiences to help researchers understand its effects. This trial is not yet recruiting participants but aims to explore a simple, non-medication option to support young women dealing with PMS.

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Volunteering to participate in the research
• • Fully answering survey and scale forms
• • Ability to read and understand Turkish
• • Being between the ages of 18 and 25 years
• • Having regular menstruation (between 21 and 35 days)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Unwilling to continue working
• • Having any problem that prevents communication (such as hearing, speaking, and understanding abilities),
• • Having a gynecological disease (abnormal uterine bleeding, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, hormonal treatment, etc.)
• • Having a chronic or physical illness
• • Having a mental illness
• • Being under psychiatric treatment (Pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy)
• • Taking medication for menopausal symptoms
• • Using one of the pharmacological or non-pharmacological methods to reduce premenstrual symptoms (COCs, acupressure, homeopathy, etc.)