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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2019.10.11.481

The Effects of Laughter Therapy on Moods, Pain, and Stress of Hospitalized Hospice Patients  

Journ, Song-Jah (Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital)
Lee, Eun-Sook (College of Nursing, Chonnam National University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.10, no.11, 2019 , pp. 481-489 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to identify the effect of laughter therapy on the moods, pain and stress of the patients in a hospice ward. Participants were divided as control (23 patients), and experimental group (26 patients). Laughter therapy was provided for 5 days, and 20-30 minutes per day. Data collected on the $3^{rd}$ and $8^{th}$ day, respectively, were analyzed using SPSS win 24.0 program, Chi-square test, fisher's exact test, Independent-test, and Mann-Whitney U test. Experimental groups showed the significant differences in Mood (t= -12.88, p<.001), Pain (t= -6.38, p<.001) and Stress (z= -6.03, p<.001). Conclusion: Laughter therapy was an effective nursing intervention to relieve the negative mood condition, pain and stress on patients, as one of the daily nursing services in the hospice ward.
Keywords
Laughter Therapy; Hospices; Moods; Cancer Pain; Psychological Stress;
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