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Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery, 1995
There is much anecdotal 'evidence' from nurses and patients to support humour and laughter as therapy. However, there is little research to support specific humour or laughter interventions as beneficial in the short or long term in the clinical environment. Humour and laughter remain potentially exciting and innovative tools for nursing therapy.
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There is much anecdotal 'evidence' from nurses and patients to support humour and laughter as therapy. However, there is little research to support specific humour or laughter interventions as beneficial in the short or long term in the clinical environment. Humour and laughter remain potentially exciting and innovative tools for nursing therapy.
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International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2018 Objectives This study evaluated the preliminary effect of laughter therapy on the level of loneliness and death anxiety of older adults. Methods This was a quasi-experimental study with a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design.
Nilgün Kuru Alici
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Laughter Therapy for Patients with Cancer
Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 1993Humor is an important part of life. Care should be taken to ensure that humor persists even during the bleakest times for patients, families, and medical personnel. Laughter eases the mind, defuses tension among people, and has positive physiologic effects on patients.
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The implementation of laughter as a therapy facilitator with adult aphasics
Journal of Communication Disorders, 1983Abstract In this clinical investigation, a humor/laughter stimulus was used as the independent variable in a therapy program for two adult aphasics. The results and implications are discussed in terms of humor/laughter as a therapy facilitator with the two subjects and with other clinical populations.
R E, Potter, N J, Goodman
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EFFECT OF LAUGHTER THERAPY IN WOMEN WITH MIGRAINE
2023Objective: Many women suffer from migraines, regardless of their menstrual cycle. This study aimed to determine the effect of laughter therapy on women with migraine. Design: This is a randomized controlled study to determine the effect of laughter therapy on migraine. Setting: Single center in Turkey. Population: 52 women with migraine.
Meryem Erdoğan, Yasemin Özyer Güvener
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Laughter, there's no therapy like it
Nursing and Residential Care, 2000Ann Freeman tells the story of how an expedition to see a famous mouse brought a new sense of excitement and adventure to the residents and staff of a nursing home.
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Social Science & Medicine (1982), 2019
Rationale: Laughter-inducing therapies are being applied more regularly in the last decade, and the number of scientific reports of their beneficial effects is growing. Laughter-inducing therapies could be cost-effective treatments for different populations as a complementary or main therapy.
van der Wal, C. Natalie, Kok, Robin N.
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Rationale: Laughter-inducing therapies are being applied more regularly in the last decade, and the number of scientific reports of their beneficial effects is growing. Laughter-inducing therapies could be cost-effective treatments for different populations as a complementary or main therapy.
van der Wal, C. Natalie, Kok, Robin N.
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Effects of Laughter Therapy on Immune Responses in Postpartum Women
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2015To examine the effects of laughter therapy on secretory IgA (sIgA) in postpartum women.The study used a nonequivalent control group with nonsynchronized design. The participants were 76 postpartum women who agreed to participate in this study and were selected by convenience sampling (experimental group, n = 38; control group, n = 38).
Kyung Hee, Ryu +2 more
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Is Laughter Therapy Useful in a Health CRISIS?: Meta-Analysis of Laughter Therapy
J-Institute, 2021Wonsook Bak +9 more
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Laughter therapy: promoting health and wellbeing
Nursing and Residential Care, 2014It is often said that ‘laughter is the best medicine’ and in the last 10 years research has been published on the health benefits of laughter. In this article, hypnotherapist Roger Gilbert describes one way in which laughter can be used to promote health, happiness and wellbeing
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