title: The Impact of Laughter Yoga on the Stress of Cancer Patients before Chemotherapy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cancer is usually accompanied by considerable stress for the sufferer, and the stress has destructive effects on Chemotherapy treatment process. Therefore, the current research deals with the effect of yoga laughter on the cancer patients' stress before chemotherapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this research, as the first step, 37 cancer sufferers , who had been hospitalized in Shohada Tajrish Hospital (Behnam Daneshpoor Charity Organization) and had the requirements necessary for being taken as research samples, were selected for data collection. The mentioned patients were classified randomly in experimental and control groups. Collected data were analyzed by the multi-variable covariance analysis test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results show there is a meaningful difference in the stress average before and after interference in the test group (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laughter yoga can decrease the stress in cancer sufferers before chemotherapy.
authors: Dept. of Psychology, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Shadi
authors: S
authors: Farifteh
authors: Dept. Educational Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Alireza
authors: A
authors: Mohammadi-Aria
authors: Dept. of Psychology, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Alireza
authors: A
authors: Kiamanesh
authors: Radiotherapy Group, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Bahram
authors: B
authors: Mofid
keywords: Cancer; Chemotherapy; Laughter yoga; Stress
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