ArticleAdvances in integrative medicine2022
The effect of laughter therapy on nursing students' anxiety, satisfaction with life, and psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Randomized controlled study.
Article in Advances in integrative medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05726552 (Effect of Laughter Therapy on Hemodialysis Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Laughter Therapy on Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of mind-body therapies on anxiety, depression and sleep quality in college students: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of laughter yoga as a NIC on health parameters in nurses and nursing students: a systematic review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Pooled it
- Health worker education during the COVID-19 pandemic: global disruption, responses and lessons for the future-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Human resources for health · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of laughter yoga on well-being, perceived stress, and academic self-efficacy in nursing students: A randomized controlled trial.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Trial
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- Effects of Online Health Promotion Program to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Healthcare Students: A Feasibility Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Remote Interventions to Support Students' Psychological Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review of Recent Approaches.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
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Abstract
Background: Changes in routine due to the pandemic have increased nursing students' anxiety about clinical learning. The inadequacy experienced before graduation caused them to experience high levels of anxiety characterized by feelings of insecurity and unhappiness and negatively affected their life satisfaction. Methodological studies are needed to confirm the efficacy of laughter therapy, which is effective in reducing anxiety and stress, on the online platform. The current study protocol was designed to evaluate the effect of online laughter therapy on anxiety, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being. Methods: Forty students were selected for the intervention group and forty students for the control group by assigning 1:1 with a real random number selector among 140 senior nursing students who made up the universe. The intervention group received ten sessions of online laughter therapy two days a week for five weeks. Participants in the control group did not receive any intervention during the study. Data were obtained at the beginning of the study and after five weeks with the 'State-Trait Anxiety Inventory', 'Satisfaction with Life Scale' and 'Psychological Well-Being Scale'. Results: After laughter therapy, the intervention result showed a significant increase in life satisfaction and psychological well-being scores (p < 0.001) and a significant decrease in anxiety scores (p < 0.001) in the intervention group compared to the control group. Conclusion: The study reveals that online laughter therapy significantly positively affects nursing students' anxiety, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being.
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