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The Effects of Laughter Therapy on Mood State and Self-Esteem in Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine . Apr2015, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p217-222. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Background: To investigate whether laughter therapy lowers total mood disturbance scores and improves self-esteem scores in patients with cancer. Design/Setting: Randomized controlled trial in a radio-oncology outpatient setting. Patients: Sixty-two patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to the experimental group ( n=33) or the wait list control group ( n=29). Interventions: Three laughter therapy sessions lasting 60 minutes each. Outcome measures: Mood state and self-esteem. Results: The intention-to-treat analysis revealed a significant main effect of group: Experimental group participants reported a 14.12-point reduction in total mood disturbance, while the wait list control group showed a 1.21-point reduction ( p=0.001). The per-protocol analysis showed a significant main effect of group: The experimental group reported a 18.86-point decrease in total mood disturbance, while controls showed a 0.19-point reduction ( p<0.001). The self-esteem of experimental group was significantly greater than that of the wait list control group ( p=0.044). Conclusions: These results indicate that laughter therapy can improve mood state and self-esteem and can be a beneficial, noninvasive intervention for patients with cancer in clinical settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *AFFECT (Psychology)
*ALTERNATIVE medicine
*CHI-squared test
*CLINICAL trials
*FISHER exact test
*LAUGHTER
*PROBABILITY theory
*PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*STATISTICAL sampling
*SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*SELF-esteem testing
*SELF-perception
*PSYCHOLOGY of the sick
*STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
*T-test (Statistics)
*TUMORS
*STATISTICAL power analysis
*STATISTICAL significance
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*PRE-tests & post-tests
*BLIND experiment
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*MANN Whitney U Test
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10755535
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103789051
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2014.0152