The Effect of Laughter Therapy on Life Satisfaction and Loneliness in Older Adults Living in a Nursing Home: A Parallel Group Randomized Control Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 62
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (DJGLS) scores
研究概览
简要总结
Life satisfaction and loneliness are two important issues affecting the quality of life of the elderly. Older adults living in nursing homes experience the feeling of loneliness more and their life satisfaction decreases. For this reason, there is a need for an intervention that could increase the life satisfaction of the older adults and decrease their loneliness.
The aim of the research was to examine the effects of laughter therapy on life satisfaction and loneliness in older adults living in a nursing home.
详细描述
A single-blinded, parallel group randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate the impact of laughter therapy on life satisfaction and loneliness in older adults living in a nursing home.
The study was conducted in the only nursing home in Hatay province of Turkey.
The study participants were older adults living in a nursing home. A total of 62 older adults formed the experimental group (n = 31) and the control group (n = 31).
In order to ensure randomization and equal gender distribution, first, two groups (men and women) were formed. After the stratification process, five blocks consisting of six people and one group consisting of four people were formed using the permuted blocked randomization method. After the formation of the blocks, the elderly were randomly assigned to the experimental and the control group using a random number table. The experimental group received laughter therapy twice a week for 6 weeks and the usual care. The control group received only the usual care. To collect data, a personal information form, the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (DJGLS) and the Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS) were used.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •participants had to be 65 or older and be able to maintain independence in daily activities.
排除标准
- •having severe hearing or perceptual deficits that impaired communication; having dementia, Alzheimer's disease, depression, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertensive disease and surgical operations with the risk of bleeding.
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention Group
Intervention group received laughter therapy twice a week for six weeks.
干预措施: Laughter Therapy (Behavioral)
Control Group
The control group did not take part in the laughter therapy program. This group received the routine care given by the nurses in the center.
结局指标
主要结局
De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (DJGLS) scores
时间窗: Change from Baseline De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (DJGLS) scores at 6 weeks
The De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale was originally developed by De Jong-Gierveld and Kamphuls (1985) and revised by De Jong Gierveld and Van Tilburg (1999). The 11-item DJGLS consists of two subscales: six negatively framed items measure emotional loneliness and five positively framed items measure social loneliness. The sum of these two subscales constitutes the general loneliness score. The scale is a Likert-type scale in which positive items are scored as 0 = yes, 1 = more or less, and 2 = no; and negative items are scored inversely as 2 = yes, 1 = more or less, and 0 = no. Total scores can range from 0 to 22, with a higher score denoting more severe loneliness. The DJGLS was tested for validity and reliability on Turkish population by Akgul and Yesilyaprak (2015), with Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of 0.85. In the present study, Cronbach's alpha was 0.87.
次要结局
- Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS) scores(Change from Baseline Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS) scores at 6 weeks)
研究者
Pinar Zorba Bahceli
Asistant Professor
Selcuk University