|
KMID : 0806120180480030298
|
|
대한간호학회지
2018 Volume.48 No. 3 p.298 ~ p.310
|
|
|
The Effects of Laughter Therapy Program on Perceived Stress, and Psycho-Neuro-Endocrino-Immuno Responses in Obese Women
|
|
Lee Do-Young
Hyun Myung-Sun
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the laughter therapy program on perceived stress and psycho-neuro-endocrine-immune responses in obese women.
Methods: A nonequivalent control group with a pretest-posttest design was used. The participants (n=60), whose age ranged from 30 to 50 years (pre-menopausal and body mass index of over 25 kg/m2), were assigned to the experimental group (n=24) or control group (n=26). The experimental group was provided with the laughter therapy program (12 sessions) for 6 weeks.
Results: There were significant differences in perceived stress, psychological stress response, fasting blood sugar, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha between the two groups after the program. However, there were no significant differences in normalized low frequency (norm LF), normalized high frequency (norm HF), LF/HF ratio, and cortisol between the two groups after the program.
Conclusion: It was found that the laughter therapy program had positive effects on some variables in terms of perceived stress and psycho-neuro-endocrine-immuno responses. It is suggested that the laughter therapy in this study can provide the direction for developing a program for obese women.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Laughter Therapy, Psychological Stress, Obesity, Physiological Stress Response
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
   
|
|