Amid growing interest in the quality of life of cancer patients recently, a study has proven that laughter therapy improves cancer patients' mood status and self-esteem.
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Asan Medical Center in Seoul announced on the 28th that a research team at the cancer hospital conducted laughter therapy on cancer patients receiving radiation treatment and measured psychological treatment effects, confirming that negative mood conditions such as depression and anger decreased by 88% and self-esteem increased by 12%.
The research team conducted a comparative study by classifying 62 cancer patients receiving radiation treatment into two groups. Regular laughter therapy and radiation therapy were provided to 33 people in the target group, and only radiation therapy was provided to the remaining 29 people.
As a result of conducting three laughter therapy sessions per month and measuring the degree of change in patients using the K-POMS-Breif and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, a large difference was confirmed in psychological changes between the two groups.
In the group that received laughter therapy, the score of tension, depression, anger, and confusion improved by about 88% in the measurement of mood conditions, and only about 1% in the group that did not perform laughter therapy.
In addition, laughter therapy has been confirmed to be effective in the self-esteem index. Before the implementation of laughter therapy, there was no significant difference in the self-esteem index between the two groups, but the self-esteem index increased by 12% in the group that received laughter therapy. On the other hand, the self-esteem index of the group without laughter therapy showed no statistically significant change.
Kim Yeon-hee, vice president of nursing at Asan Medical Center in Seoul, said, "As the effectiveness of laughter therapy has been objectively proven, scientific grounds have been laid for active use in the future cancer treatment process."
WriteR: Grace Jun
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