Yoga and perceived stress, self-compassion, and quality of life in undergraduate nursing students.

Background: Student nurses' experience of stress while enrolled in educational programs is well-documented; however, complementary and alternative therapies to alleviate or prevent nursing program-related stressors are not. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of a yoga intervention on stress, self-compassion, and quality of life in undergraduate nursing students.

Methods: Seventy-three undergraduate nursing students participated in this two-group, quasi-experimental, repeated-measures, study.