Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Children's Laughter Video on Oncology Patient
The Impact of Children Laughter Intervention on Anxiety, Nausea, Vomiting, and Fatigue in Chemotherapy Patients - A Randomized Controlled Trial
NCT07051616CI-TRIAL-00091802completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of video playback of children's laughter on anxiety, nausea, vomiting and fatigue levels of patients during chemotherapy
Conditions
Conditions (6)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Chemotherapy Effect | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Laughter | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Nausea | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Vomiting | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child laughter video | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Child laughter video group
- description
- Patients in this group were made to watch the laughter video prepared by the researchers at the end of the 1st and 2nd hour after the start of chemotherapy.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Child laughter video
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group
- description
- Participants in the control group were not subjected to any intervention other than routine practice during chemotherapy.
Primary outcomes (9)
- measure
- Patient information form
- timeFrame
- First measurement-10. minutes before the start of the patient's chemotherapy
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 32 Years
- Maximum age
- 81 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with lymphoma (preferred to have the same type of cancer) * Receiving the R - Chop cycle protocol as chemotherapy (This cycle was preferred because of the nausea and vomiting experienced in this protocol and the duration of the treatment is 4-5 hours) (Cleveland Clinic 2025). * Inpatient hospitalization, * Be over 18 years of age, * Conscious, oriented and cooperative Exclusion Criteria: * Don't take a different cure than R - Chop, * Visual and hearing and cognitive impairment, * Do not have a problem that creates a communication barrier, * Having any psychiatric illness such as depression, euphoria and taking psychiatric medication * Refusal to participate in the study * Other non-pharmacological methods
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