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

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dc.contributor.authorAslan, Hakime
dc.contributor.authorAkcin, Abdurrahman
dc.contributor.authorCelik, Hanife
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T13:35:16Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T13:35:16Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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 T & uuml;rkiye. 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.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.aimed.2024.10.007
dc.identifier.endpage56
dc.identifier.issn2212-9588
dc.identifier.issn2212-9596
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1495-3614
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85208075251
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage49
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.aimed.2024.10.007
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/109711
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001435593400001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofAdvances in Integrative Medicine
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250329
dc.subjectLaughter yoga
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectStress
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectNursing Students
dc.titleThe effect of laughter yoga's on perceived stress and anxiety levels in nursing students: Randomized controlled trial
dc.typeArticle

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