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      Effects of Yogic Exercises on Life Stress and Blood Glucose Levels in Nursing Students

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      Journal: Journal of Physical Therapy Science
      Publisher: The Society of Physical Therapy Science
      Keywords: Yogic exercise, Stress, Blood glucose

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          [Purpose] This study was performed to investigate the effects of yogic exercises on life stress and blood glucose levels in nursing students. [Subjects and Methods] The study was a randomized controlled trial. Twenty-seven undergraduate nursing students were randomly selected, with 12 assigned to an exercise group and 15 assigned to a control group. The yogic exercises intervention was undertaken for 60 minutes one day a week for 12 weeks. It consisted of physical exercise (surya namaskara) combined with relaxation and meditation (shavasana and yoga nidra). Life stress was measured by the Life Stress Scale for College Students, and postprandial blood glucose levels were measured with a digital glucometer. [Results] The exercise group measurements were significantly decreased in both life stress and postprandial blood glucose levels compared with the control group. [Conclusion] These findings indicate that yogic exercises would reduce life stress and lower postprandial blood glucose levels in nursing students.

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          The effectiveness of a stress coping program based on mindfulness meditation on the stress, anxiety, and depression experienced by nursing students in Korea.

          Y Kang, Young Choi, Eunjung Ryu (2009)
          This study examined the effectiveness of a stress coping program based on mindfulness meditation on the stress, anxiety, and depression experienced by nursing students in Korea. A nonequivalent, control group, pre-posttest design was used. A convenience sample of 41 nursing students were randomly assigned to experimental (n=21) and control groups (n=20). Stress was measured with the PWI-SF (5-point) developed by Chang. Anxiety was measured with Spieberger's state anxiety inventory. Depression was measured with the Beck depression inventory. The experimental group attended 90-min sessions for eight weeks. No intervention was administered to the control group. Nine participants were excluded from the analysis because they did not complete the study due to personal circumstances, resulting in 16 participants in each group for the final analysis. Results for the two groups showed (1) a significant difference in stress scores (F=6.145, p=0.020), (2) a significant difference in anxiety scores (F=6.985, p=0.013), and (3) no significant difference in depression scores (t=1.986, p=0.056). A stress coping program based on mindfulness meditation was an effective intervention for nursing students to decrease their stress and anxiety, and could be used to manage stress in student nurses. In the future, long-term studies should be pursued to standardize and detail the program, with particular emphasis on studies to confirm the effects of the program in patients with diseases, such as cancer.
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            Undergraduate nursing students' stress sources and coping behaviours during their initial period of clinical training: a Jordanian perspective.

            Insaf A Shaban, Wejdan A Khater, Laila M Akhu-Zaheya (2012)
            Baccalaureate nursing students often experience high levels of stress during training that may result in psychological or emotional impairment during their professional life ultimately affecting the quality of patient care they provide. Clinical instructors provide the needed support and guidance for students to relieve stress and promote a positive clinical experience. The aim of this study was to identify the level and types of stress perceived by baccalaureate nursing students in Jordan in their initial period of clinical practice and to identify the coping strategies that students used to relieve their stress. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 181 nursing students' representative of second year undergraduate students from two universities in Jordan. Proportions and t-tests were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the source of stress for these students came mainly from assignment work and the clinical environment. The most common coping strategy used by students was problem-solving behaviour followed by staying optimistic and transference attention from the stressful situation to other things while avoidance was the least frequent used.
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              Stress, coping and satisfaction in nursing students.

              Chris Gibbons, Martin Dempster, Marianne Moutray (2011)
              This article is a report of a study conducted to explore the relationship between sources of stress and psychological well-being and to consider how different sources of stress and coping resources might function as moderators and mediators on well-being.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Phys Ther Sci
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Phys Ther Sci
                Journal ID (publisher-id): JPTS
                Title: Journal of Physical Therapy Science
                Publisher: The Society of Physical Therapy Science
                ISSN (Print): 0915-5287
                ISSN (Electronic): 2187-5626
                Publication date (Electronic): 25 December 2014
                Publication date (Print): December 2014
                Volume: 26
                Issue: 12
                Pages: 2003-2006
                Affiliations
                [1) ] Department of Nursing, College of Health Science, Kangwon National University, Republic of Korea
                Author notes
                Corresponding author. Sang Dol Kim, Department of Nursing, College of Health Science, Kangwon National University: 346 Hwangjo-gil, Dogye-eup, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do 245-907, Republic of Korea. (E-mail: nu11110@ 123456kangwon.ac.kr )
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                Publisher ID: jpts-2014-483
                DOI: 10.1589/jpts.26.2003
                PMC ID: 4273078
                PubMed ID: 25540518
                SO-VID: 2816a2a4-1a89-4a52-a2d8-0531a48bbe64
                Copyright © 2014©by the Society of Physical Therapy Science
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.

                History
                Date received : 18 July 2014
                Date accepted : 24 August 2014
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                Keywords: yogic exercise,stress,blood glucose
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