A study in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies finds that a structured laughter yoga intervention program in a hospital setting effectively improves health-related quality of life for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
]. To date, in spite of the beneficial effects of this therapeutic technique, little research has been conducted in this field, particularly for improving HRQOL in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
In the control group, only routine self-care training was conducted by the researchers in the meeting hall in the form of face-to-face education and the use of pamphlets. This program was implemented exactly the same for the intervention group with 10 min one session each week for four weeks.
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