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American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research

Volume 11, Issue 2, 2024
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American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research
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XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0691 (Online)
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bi-annual
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Title
EFFECTIVENESS OF LAUGHTER THERAPY ON LEVEL OF STRESS AMONG ELDERLY RESIDING IN SELECTED OLD AGE HOME
Author
Kavitha S1*, Dr.Lizy Merlin Lisha
Email
kavithasubramoniam02@gmail.com
keyword
Laughter therapy, Elderly stress, Pretest-posttest design, Mental health in old age
Abstract
Stress is one of the most common experiences of old age people. Laughter therapy reduces stress among old age people. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of laughter therapy on level of stress among old age people residing in selected old age home. Methods: This was a pre- experimental one group pretest, posttest design. Study was conducted among old age people residing in selected old age home in Tirunelveli district. Thirty old age people who had stress and met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Each participant gave consent and was subjected to screening for stress using the modified elders stress inventory scale. The laughter therapy was given for the elderly people one time per day for 6 days. Post- test was conducted on 7 th day with the same tool. Results: The mean pretest score was 21.6 and post-test score was 9.63. The mean pretest score is higher than the mean post post-test score (9.63) with the standard deviation of 5.02. The calculated ‘t’value was 26.3. It is higher than the table value, showed that there was a significant difference between pretest and posttest level of stress among old age people at<0.05. Conclusion: The above finding revealed that laughter therapy was effective and helped elderly people to reduce their stress
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