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Abstract
This randomized controlled experimental study investigated the effects of laughter yoga on vital signs and test anxiety among nursing students. The sample consisted of 136 nursing students (68 experimental and 68 control) from a university in eastern Turkey. The experimental group participated in laughter yoga sessions twice weekly for 4 weeks, while the control group received no intervention. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, vital sign Chart, and Test Anxiety Scale. Descriptive statistics and independent and paired t tests were used for analyses. The experimental group showed significantly lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure and test anxiety levels, as well as higher oxygen saturation compared with the control group. These findings suggest that laughter yoga may be an effective, low-cost complementary intervention to improve physiological parameters and reduce test anxiety in nursing students.
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Holistic Nursing Practice (HNP), The Science of Health and Healing, is a peer-reviewed bimonthly journal that explores holistic models of nursing practice. Content emphasizes complementary traditional and holistic nursing and healthcare practices. Articles include theory-based interventions and their outcomes, including: innovations in holistic nursing practice; research related to holistic nursing practice, health care, and policy; and values and ethical-legal issues related to holistic nursing practices. The holistic approach is a worldview that emphasizes the potential for health and healing in human systems rather than on disease process and deficit.
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