The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Blood Glucose Level, Disease Perception and Stress Level in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Laughter yoga was applied to the experimental group for 4 weeks, 2 days a week, for 8 sessions (each session duration is 30-45 minutes on average). - The researcher is certified as an International Leader of Laughter Yoga. As a nursing intervention, patients with T2DM were made to do laughter yoga by the researcher. The laughter yoga program was conducted online (Google meet online) due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time of the study. - The sessions were organized as follows: Monday-Thursday 10:00-10:45, Tuesday-Friday 10:00-10:45, Wednesday-Saturday 10:00-10:45. Participants participated in two sessions that were suitable for them within a week. A participant in a group was not allowed to change days in the following weeks.