The effect of laughter yoga’s on perceived stress and anxiety levels in nursing students: Randomized controlled trial

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Advances in integrative medicine Pub Date : 2024-10-20 DOI:10.1016/j.aimed.2024.10.007

Hakime Aslan, Abdurrahman Akçin, Hanife Çeli̇k

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Abstract

Background

Nursing education is a dynamic process that involves theoretical and applied teaching. The intense stress and anxiety experienced by students in this process negatively affect the learning processes and increase the likelihood of making mistakes. Non-pharmacological techniques have been widely used in recent years in the management of this stress. Laughter yoga is one of the new methods that are starting to be used to reduce stress and anxiety levels.

Purpose

This study was conducted to determine the effect of laughter yoga on perceived stress and anxiety levels in nursing students.

Methods

The research is a randomized controlled trial with pre-test-post-test control group. This study was conducted in January-June 2022 at the Faculty of Nursing of a university in eastern Türkiye. The population of the study consisted of all students studying in the first year of the nursing faculty. The sample consisted of 103 students determined by simple random sampling method. Students were assigned to the experimental and control groups by simple randomization method. Students in the experimental group were given laughter yoga for 2 sessions per week (every 3 days, eight sessions in total), and the control group did not have any intervention. We used the “Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students” and “Condition Anxiety Scale”. Statistical analysis of the data of the research was performed using the IBM SPSS 22 package program. Statistical methods used to evaluate data: t-test in independent groups was used to compare the mean scores of the experimental and control groups, and paired sample t-test was used for intra-group comparisons.

Results

After the laughter yoga intervention, the post-test measurements of the intervention group and the control group showed a significant difference, and there was a significant decrease in perceived stress (p<0.001) and anxiety scores (p<0.001) before and after the laughter yoga intervention compared to the control group.

Conclusions

Laughter yoga was found to be effective in reducing the levels of perceived stress and anxiety students perceived. Therefore, laughter yoga can be used as one of the effective strategies in reducing students' nursing education stresses.

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笑瑜伽对护生感知压力和焦虑水平的影响：随机对照试验

护理教育是一个理论教学与应用教学相结合的动态过程。学生在此过程中所经历的强烈压力和焦虑会对学习过程产生负面影响，并增加犯错误的可能性。近年来，非药物技术已广泛应用于这种应激的管理。笑瑜伽是一种开始被用来减少压力和焦虑水平的新方法。目的探讨大笑瑜伽对护生压力感知和焦虑水平的影响。方法采用随机对照试验，前测后测为对照组。这项研究于2022年1月至6月在乌克兰东部一所大学的护理学院进行。该研究的人群包括所有护理学院一年级的学生。样本采用简单随机抽样法确定，共103名学生。采用简单随机法将学生分为实验组和对照组。实验组学生每周进行2次笑声瑜伽（每3天进行一次，共8次），对照组不进行任何干预。采用《护生压力感知量表》和《状态焦虑量表》。使用IBM SPSS 22软件包程序对研究数据进行统计分析。资料评价采用统计学方法：实验组与对照组均分比较采用独立组t检验，组内比较采用配对样本t检验。结果笑瑜伽干预后，干预组与对照组的后测结果存在显著差异，笑瑜伽干预前后的感知压力（p<0.001）和焦虑得分（p<0.001）均较对照组显著降低。结论slaughter瑜伽能有效降低学生的压力和焦虑水平。因此，笑声瑜伽可以作为减轻学生护理教育压力的有效策略之一。

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Advances in integrative medicine INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

11.80%

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审稿时长

15 weeks

期刊介绍： Advances in Integrative Medicine (AIMED) is an international peer-reviewed, evidence-based research and review journal that is multi-disciplinary within the fields of Integrative and Complementary Medicine. The journal focuses on rigorous quantitative and qualitative research including systematic reviews, clinical trials and surveys, whilst also welcoming medical hypotheses and clinically-relevant articles and case studies disclosing practical learning tools for the consulting practitioner. By promoting research and practice excellence in the field, and cross collaboration between relevant practitioner groups and associations, the journal aims to advance the practice of IM, identify areas for future research, and improve patient health outcomes. International networking is encouraged through clinical innovation, the establishment of best practice and by providing opportunities for cooperation between organisations and communities.