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

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In the present study we investigated the effect of laughter therapy on physiological and psychological function in older people.An open-label trial.Seventeen older people who regularly attended an elderly day care centre were recruited. Stand-up comedy as laughter therapy was performed once a week for 4 weeks. Parameters of physiological and psychological function were evaluated before and after laughter therapy.Laughter therapy intervention resulted in a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure and heart rate, accompanied by a significant increase in plasma concentration of serotonin and a significant decrease in salivary concentration of chromogranin A. Questionnaire surveys of SF-8, GDS-15, and Vitality Index demonstrated alleviation of depression and improvement of sociability and activity in older people. Laughter therapy could be expected to become a practical treatment to improve quality of life of older people in an elderly day care centre.
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Authors Yoshikawa, Yuki;Ohmaki, Etsuko;Kawahata, Hirohisa;Maekawa, Yoshihiro;Ogihara, Toshio;Morishita, Ryuichi;Aoki, Motokuni;
Journal Nursing open
Year 2019
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10.1002/nop2.190
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blood pressure quality of life (qol) serotonin sf‐8 geriatric depression scale (gds) laughter therapy

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