Open AccessA Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Laughter Yoga Exercises on Stress Reduction due to Online Classes among Ist Year B.Sc. Nursing Students in Mother Teresa College of Nursing, Pudukkottai
Author(s) -
R. V. Geetha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of science and healthcare research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-7587
DOI - 10.52403/ijshr.20210430
Subject(s) - laughter , test (biology) , nonprobability sampling , nursing , psychology , stress (linguistics) , medicine , population , social psychology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , biology
A quantitative study was conducted among Ist year B.sc nursing students of Mother Teresa College of nursing, Pudukkottai. The main objective of this study is toassess and compare the pre-test and post-test level of stress among I st year B.sc nursing students and to evaluate the effectiveness of laughter yoga exercise on the level of stress among I st year B.sc nursing students. Pre experimental design with Purposive sampling technique was used.50 samples agreed to participate in this study. The data was used by structured questionnaire scheduled. Data was used by descriptive and inferential statistics. The mean score of pre-test level of stress is 8.14 and mean score of post-test level of stress is17.14.The enhancement of knowledge in mean score and SD which the effectiveness of laughter yoga exercises. The analysis depicted that there is reduction of stress level due to online classes among I st year B.sc nursing students which indicates the effectiveness of laughter yoga exercise.Keywords: Assess, effectiveness, Laughter yoga exercises, Stress reduction, BSc nursing students.