The Effects of Laughter Therapy on Quality of Life and General Health among Elderly People Referring to Jahandidegan Retirement Community Center in Shiraz, 2014
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- ow quality of life.Other disorders of psychological development
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014061111691N4
- Lead Sponsor
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Vice Chancellor for Research Affairs
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
age over 60, willingness to participate in the study, completing informed consent form, not participating in a similar study simultaneously and lack of mental disability. Exclusion criteria: any experience of social-family crisis during the study, unwillingness to participate in the study, more than two absences and any types of respiratory diseases which can be transmitted to other participants
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life. Timepoint: Before and immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: Quality of life questionnaire (SF-12).;Public health. Timepoint: Before and immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: General Health Questionnaire (GHQ).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method