TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of laughter therapy on sleep in community-dwelling elders with sleep disorders
AU - Lee, Yim Sun
AU - Park, Hyojung
N1 - Funding Information:
*This article is based on a part of the first author's doctoral dissertation from Ewha Womans University. *This article was supported by the Korea Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing academic support program fund in 2020.
Funding Information:
This article is based on a part of the first author's doctoral dissertation from Ewha Womans University. This article was supported by the Korea Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing academic support program fund in 2020.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of laughter therapy on the quality and quantity of sleep in elders with sleep disorders. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study using a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design with 59 participants and included elders with sleep disorders, The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores of five or more points were: 29 in the experiment group and 30 in the control group. The experimental group participated in laughter therapy sixteen times, twice a week for 50 min per session for 8 weeks. Results: The results showed that laughter therapy was effective according to the PSQI (F=86.13, p<.001), total sleep time (F=9.34, p<.001), sleep efficiency (F=45.34, p<.001), sleep onset latency in the experimental group x2=13.77, p=.001, and in the control group x2=11.95, p=.003), number of awakenings (F=31.21, p<.001), light sleep (F=5.09, p=.008), deep sleep (F=15.13, p<.001), and serum melatonin levels (Z=-3.90, p<.001). but rapid eye movement sleep time did not differ significantly between the groups. Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that laughter therapy may be an effective nursing intervention to improve quantity and quality of sleep in community-dwelling elderly.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of laughter therapy on the quality and quantity of sleep in elders with sleep disorders. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study using a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design with 59 participants and included elders with sleep disorders, The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores of five or more points were: 29 in the experiment group and 30 in the control group. The experimental group participated in laughter therapy sixteen times, twice a week for 50 min per session for 8 weeks. Results: The results showed that laughter therapy was effective according to the PSQI (F=86.13, p<.001), total sleep time (F=9.34, p<.001), sleep efficiency (F=45.34, p<.001), sleep onset latency in the experimental group x2=13.77, p=.001, and in the control group x2=11.95, p=.003), number of awakenings (F=31.21, p<.001), light sleep (F=5.09, p=.008), deep sleep (F=15.13, p<.001), and serum melatonin levels (Z=-3.90, p<.001). but rapid eye movement sleep time did not differ significantly between the groups. Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that laughter therapy may be an effective nursing intervention to improve quantity and quality of sleep in community-dwelling elderly.
KW - Aged
KW - Laughter therapy
KW - Melatonin
KW - Sleep
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U2 - 10.7739/JKAFN.2021.28.3.297
DO - 10.7739/JKAFN.2021.28.3.297
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114791655
SN - 1225-9012
VL - 28
SP - 297
EP - 310
JO - Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
JF - Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
IS - 3
ER -