The effect of laughter yoga exercises on anxiety and sleep quality in patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease
| Autor: | Azadeh Memarian, Afsaneh Sanatkaran, Seyyed Mohialdin Bahari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Parkinson's disease 030504 nursing Sleep quality business.industry Standard treatment Disease medicine.disease General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 030205 complementary & alternative medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pill medicine Physical therapy Anxiety Sleep (system call) medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Laughter Yoga |
| Zdroj: | Biomedical Research and Therapy. 4:1463 |
| ISSN: | 2198-4093 |
| DOI: | 10.15419/bmrat.v4i07.200 |
| Popis: | Background: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effects of laughter yoga exercises on anxiety and sleep quality in patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Methods: In the study a semi-empirical and applied research design was used, which involved a pre-test and post-test, and appropriate control group. The study consisted of 24 patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease who were referred and admitted to Hazarate Raoul Allah Hospital in Tehran, Iran. The patients ranged in age from 55 to 75 and met the study criteria prior to entering the research study. The patients were randomly divided into two groups – control or experimental (n=12 per group). After completing exercises (laughter yoga), post-evaluation of anxiety and sleep quality of patients in both groups were conducted using questionnaires. For normalization of research data, the Mann-Whitney nonparametric test was used. Statistical analyses were conducted using the SPSS software, with the statistically significant level set at P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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