The influence of laughter yoga on pregnancy symptoms, mental well-being, and prenatal attachment: A randomized controlled study

Abstract

The researchers’ aim was to evaluate the impact of laughter yoga on pregnancy symptoms, mental well-being, and prenatal attachment. They carried out this study on 85 pregnant women randomized in a maternity hospital in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The researchers collected data using the Pregnant Introduction Form, Pregnancy Symptom Inventory (PSI), Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS), and Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI). After applying the laughter yoga practice, they found that mental well-being and prenatal attachment levels were higher in pregnant women in the experimental group and the difference was statistically significant. Thus, they concluded that laughter yoga was an effective practice in reducing the frequency of pregnancy symptoms and limiting daily activities by pregnancy symptoms and increasing mental well-being and prenatal attachment levels.

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the pregnant women who participated in this study and the educator midwives in the pregnancy school.

Author contributions

Study design: SAS, MB

Data collection: SAS

Data analysis: SAS, MB

Study supervision: SAS, MB

Manuscript writing: SAS, MB

Critical revisions for important intellectual content: SAS, MB

All authors approved the final version for submission.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared no conflict of interest.

Declaration of conflict of interest

There is no conflict of interest between any person or any institution.

Ethical approval

Before starting the study, approval from Sivas Cumhuriyet University Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee and study permission from the relevant institution were obtained.

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Funding

Funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors did not provide any specific grant for this research.