Effects of laughter therapy on prevention of life-style diseases incident and its complication: a randomized intervention study
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- Conditions
- Metabolic syndrome, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, obesity
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000027145
- Lead Sponsor
- Fukushima Medical University
- Brief Summary
The comprehensive laughter program significantly improved the mean body weight (p = 0.008), BMI (p = 0.006), subjective stress (p = 0.004), subjective well-being (p = 0.002), optimism (p = 0.03), and physical component summary (PCS) scores of HRQOL (p = 0.04). A similar tendency was observed for the mean changes in BMI and subjective stress score by area, sex, and age. Moreover, there was a significant and negative correlation between the change in BMI and the change in PCS (p = 0.03).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up continuing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
acute myocardial infarction acute stroke
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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