The effect of laughter therapy on anxiety: a meta-analysis

MD Dogan - Holistic nursing practice, 2020 - journals.lww.com
… 4 sessions of laughter therapy; laughter therapy was effective in … laughter therapy and after
6-session laughter therapy in their study on 33 patients with postmastectomy (laughter therapy

Effects of laughter therapy on quality of life in patients with cancer: An open-label, randomized controlled trial

T Morishima, I Miyashiro, N Inoue, M Kitasaka… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… to either an intervention group (laughter therapy) or control group (no laughter therapy).
Each participant in the intervention group underwent a laughter therapy session once every two …

Beneficial effect of laughter therapy on physiological and psychological function in elders

Y Yoshikawa, E Ohmaki, H Kawahata… - Nursing …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… after repeated laughter therapy compared to that before laughter therapy (Figure 1c). …
laughter therapy (data not shown), the increase in serotonin concentration by laughter therapy

The effect of laughter therapy on the quality of life of nursing home residents

N Kuru, G Kublay - Journal of clinical nursing, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Laughter therapy improved the quality of life of nursing home residents. Therefore, nursing
home management should integrate laughter therapy into health care and laughter therapy

[HTML][HTML] Laughter therapy: A humor-induced hormonal intervention to reduce stress and anxiety

NS Akimbekov, MS Razzaque - Current research in physiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Laughter therapy, one of the key non-pharmacological interventions, is a universal … Laughter
therapy may be used for both preventive and therapeutic purposes. Laughter can also be a …

Effects of laughter therapy on depression, cognition and sleep among the community‐dwelling elderly

HJ Ko, CH Youn - Geriatrics & gerontology international, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… week as the laughter therapy group. … the laughter therapy group and 91 in the control group.
We excluded 35 subjects in the laughter therapy group, who had received laughter therapy

The preliminary effects of laughter therapy on loneliness and death anxiety among older adults living in nursing homes: A nonrandomised pilot study

N Kuru Alıcı, P Zorba Bahceli… - International journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… effect of laughter therapy on the … of laughter therapy on loneliness and death anxiety in
nursing home residents. Further, no negative effects or complaints regarding the laughter therapy

[PDF][PDF] Humour and laughter therapy

M Kmita, A Bronowicka, A Moszczyńska, R Zych… - …, 2017 - researchgate.net
… of including a laughter therapy into group psychotherapy. Methods: The laughter therapy
session was experimentally included in group psychotherapy. Laughter therapy consisted of …

Therapeutic benefits of laughter in mental health: a theoretical review

JE Yim - The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… In addition, laughter therapy does not require specialized … and attempted to include laughter
therapy to more traditional … In conclusion, laughter therapy is effective and scientifically …

The effects of laughter therapy on mental health: An integrative literature review

K Bahari, JD Lorica - The Malaysian Journal of Nursing (MJN), 2019 - ejournal.lucp.net
… and negative effects of Laughter Therapy (LT) on mental health. An Integrative Literature
Review of published literature about effects of Laughter Therapy on mental health was …