The Effects of Laughter Yoga on Happiness and Stress in Nursing Students Going into Clinical Practice for the First Time.

IF 2 Q2 NURSING

Journal of Holistic Nursing Pub Date : 2024-03-15 DOI:10.1177/08980101241237928

Betul Bal, Canan Demirci, Gamze Gulsum Kilicli

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Background: There are numerous difficulties that nursing students must overcome in the nursing practice environment. This circumstance mainly impacts the happiness and stress levels of nursing students who lack clinical practice. Aim: In this study aimed to examine the effect of laughter yoga (LY) on nursing students' happiness and stress levels attending to clinical practice for the first-time. Method: In this randomized controlled trial, a totally 50 nursing students were included from a nursing school in Turkey. Data were collected between December 2022-January 2023 via The Happiness Scale and the Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students. A total of eight LY lessons for 4 weeks were practiced to the laughter group (LG). Result: The Happiness Scale's means were compared between the groups before and after the intervention, and the results revealed a significant increase (p < 0.05). There was not a significant difference in the stress scale scores between both the groups following LG and clinical practice (t: -1.780; p = 0.081). However, the stress scores of the LG decreased significantly after the LY sessions were completed (b: 3.595; p = 0.001). Conclusion: LY can be an effective method to be used to help increase happiness and reduce the stress of nursing students for first-time entering clinical practice.

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大笑瑜伽对首次进入临床实践的护理专业学生的幸福感和压力的影响。

背景：护生在护理实践环境中必须克服许多困难。这种情况主要影响了缺乏临床实践的护生的幸福感和压力水平。目的：本研究旨在探讨大笑瑜伽（LY）对首次参加临床实践的护生的幸福感和压力水平的影响。研究方法在这项随机对照试验中，共纳入了 50 名来自土耳其一所护理学校的护理专业学生。在 2022 年 12 月至 2023 年 1 月期间，通过 "护理专业学生幸福感量表 "和 "感知压力量表 "收集数据。笑声组（LG）共进行了为期 4 周的 8 节 LY 课程。结果比较了干预前后两组的幸福量表平均值，结果显示两组的幸福量表平均值均有显著提高（p t：-1.780；p = 0.081）。然而，在 LY 课程结束后，LG 的压力得分明显下降（b：3.595；p = 0.001）。结论LY 可以作为一种有效的方法，帮助首次进入临床实践的护生增加快乐感和减轻压力。

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Journal of Holistic Nursing NURSING-

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