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The impact of laughter yoga as a NIC on health parameters in nurses and nursing students: a systematic review [PDF]
BMC Complementary Medicine and TherapiesBackground Laughter yoga is a laughter exercise that combines yoga and breathing exercises (Pranayama). Laughter yoga decreases stress and burnout levels, depression and anxiety, salivary cortisol levels.
Özüm Erkin, Elem Kocaçal
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Efficacy and Safety of Laughter Yoga in Cancer Patients: A Scoping Review of Randomized Controlled Trials [PDF]
CureusThe use of laughter yoga as a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) strategy has recently gained interest as a potential supportive intervention for cancer patients. In this review, we aimed to assess the impact of laughter yoga on the quality of life of cancer patients, with a focus on evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
Selvaraj Giridharan, Jawaher Ansari
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Intradialytic Laughter Yoga therapy for haemodialysis patients: a pre-post intervention feasibility study [PDF]
BMC Complement Altern Med, 2015 Laughter Yoga consists of physical exercise, relaxation techniques and simulated vigorous laughter. It has been associated with physical and psychological benefits for people in diverse clinical and non-clinical settings, but has not yet been tested in a haemodialysis setting.
Paul N. Bennett +9 more
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Journal of Health PsychologyThis randomized controlled study aimed to determine the effectiveness of yoga and laughter yoga approaches in enhancing psychological resilience of mothers with babies hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. The Mothers were randomized into three groups as yoga, laughter yoga, and control groups.
Zerrin Çi̇ğdem +2 more
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The effect of laughter yoga on perceived stress, burnout, and life satisfaction in nurses during the pandemic: A randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Complement Ther Clin Pract, 2022 Aslı Si S Çeli K, Tülay Kılınç
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Acta PsychologicaSeparation anxiety disorder (SAD) can affect the mental health of children negatively. In this study, we assess effects of laughter yoga on SAD in kindergarten children in Rafsanjan, Iran, with an experimental, pre-post-test design.
Milad Tabei +4 more
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Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 2022 Laughter yoga is claimed to have similar psychological and physiological effects to exercising. The objectives of the two studies reported here were to examine the visual and practice effects of laughter yoga in women. Study 1 was performed with 13 young
Attila Szabo +3 more
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The Impact of Laughter Yoga on Mental Well-being of Cancer Patients under Chemotherapy [PDF]
Journal of Evidence-Based Care, 2019 Background: It is generally accepted thatcancer affects the concept of mental well-being by changing the physical, psychological, spiritual, and social dimensions of the patient's life.
Mohammad Namazi Nia +3 more
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The Small Face of Traditional and Complementary Medical Applications: Laughter Yoga
Anadolu Hemşirelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 2021 Laughter is usually acknowledged as a visual representation of happiness or feeling of joy. It is known that laughter positively effects human body physiologically and psychologically.
Zülfünaz ÖZER, Sebahat ATEŞ
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Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and PsychologyThis study was designed as a randomized controlled trial to identify the effects of laughter yoga on the psychological well-being of women diagnosed with gynecologic cancer. The study was conducted with 70 patients (35 patients in the intervention group and 35 patients in the control group) receiving treatment at the oncology service of a research and ...
Zeynep İnce, Kerime Derya Beydağ
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