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The Effects of Laughter Therapy on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy: A Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.

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Τίτλος: The Effects of Laughter Therapy on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy: A Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.
Συγγραφείς: Karakas H; Dokuz Eylul University Research and Application Hospital, Izmir (Ms Karakas)., Zorba Bahceli P; Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department (Dr Zorba Bahceli), Izmir Bakircay University, Turkey., Akyol M; Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine Department (Dr Akyol), Izmir Bakircay University, Turkey.
Πηγή: Cancer nursing [Cancer Nurs] 2026 May-Jun 01; Vol. 49 (3), pp. E244-E251. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 26.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7805358 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1538-9804 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0162220X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cancer Nurs Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: <2002->: Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Original Publication: New York, Masson Publishing USA.
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Breast Neoplasms*/drug therapy , Breast Neoplasms*/psychology , Quality of Life*/psychology , Laughter Therapy*/methods , Stress, Psychological*/therapy , Stress, Psychological*/etiology, Humans ; Female ; Pilot Projects ; Middle Aged ; Adult ; Aged ; Surveys and Questionnaires
Περίληψη: Background: Women with breast cancer experience various symptoms secondary to chemotherapy that reduce their quality of life and increase their stress levels.
Objective: To evaluate the effects of laughter therapy on perceived stress levels and quality of life in women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy using a parallel-group randomized controlled pilot trial.
Methods: Forty-two women were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. The intervention group received 40 minutes of laughter therapy twice a week for 8 weeks. The control group received routine treatment. The women in both groups completed the Perceived Stress Scale and SF-12 Health Survey at baseline, week 5, and week 9 after randomization.
Results: There was a significant decrease in the mean Perceived Stress Scale scores in the intervention group compared with those in the control group at weeks 5 and 9 compared with baseline, and the difference between groups by measurement week was significant ( P  < .001). Women in the intervention group had higher Physical Component Summary-12 and Mental Component Summary-12 scores in weeks 5 and 9 compared with those in the control group, and there was a significant difference between groups in terms of change in the Physical Component Summary-12 and Mental Component Summary-12 mean scores over time ( P  < .001).
Conclusion: Laughter therapy is possible to use as a nursing intervention to reduce the perceived stress levels and increase the quality of life of women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Implications for Practice: Nurses can apply laughter therapy in the symptom management of women receiving chemotherapy.
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Competing Interests: The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Contributed Indexing: Keywords: Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Laughter therapy; Perceived stress; Quality of life
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20240926 Date Completed: 20260417 Latest Revision: 20260719
Update Code: 20260720
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000001403
PMID: 39325635
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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ISSN:1538-9804
DOI:10.1097/NCC.0000000000001403