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Effects of a Laughter Therapy on Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue and Quality of Sleep in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients Post-Treatment: a Randomized Controlled Trial

웃음치료가 위장암 생존자의 우울, 불안, 피로, 수면의 질에 미치는 영향

  • Park, SeYeon (Department of Nursing, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, YimSun (Graduate School of Social Education, Myongji University) ;
  • Chung, Hyun Hoon (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Choi-Kwon, Smi (College of Nursing, The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University)
  • 박세연 (서울대학교병원 간호부문) ;
  • 이임선 (명지대학교 사회교육대학원) ;
  • 정현훈 (서울대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실.서울대학교병원 산부인과) ;
  • 최스미 (서울대학교 간호대학.간호과학연구소)
  • Received : 2019.05.03
  • Accepted : 2019.06.27
  • Published : 2019.08.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of laughter therapy on depression, anxiety, fatigue, and quality of sleep in gastrointestinal cancer survivors. Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial. We compared the effect of laughter therapy with usual care only in post chemotherapy gastrointestinal patients. Outcomes included changes in depression and anxiety (according to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), fatigue (according to the Fatigue Severity Scale), and quality of sleep (according to the Verran & Synder-Halpern Sleep Scale). Data was collected July 2015 through January 2016. Seventy nine participants who agreed to participate in this study were randomized to either the experimental group (n= 40) or the control group (n= 39). Therapy included eight sessions (60 minutes each, once weekly). Data were analyzed using the Windows SPSS 22.0 program. Results: Laughter therapy was effective in reducing fatigue (p= .019) and increasing satisfaction of sleep (p= .030). There were no differences between the groups after therapy for depression (p= .129) and anxiety (p= .200). Conclusion: Results of this study indicate that laughter therapy may be an effective nursing intervention for improving the health status of gastrointestinal cancer survivors after chemotherapy.

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