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Effects of the Laughter Therapy on Blood Pressure, Depression and Quality of life in Rural Elderly Women

웃음요법이 농촌여성노인의 혈압, 우울 및 삶의 질에 미치는 효과

  • Received : 2013.01.28
  • Accepted : 2013.04.11
  • Published : 2013.04.30
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Abstract

This study is a nonequivalent-comparison-group-quasiexperimental-study which tries to establish the effect of a laughter therapy program on the blood pressure, depression, and the life quality of elderly women in rural area. The subjects are 49 females aged 65 living in S-myeon, 24 and the other 25 of whom are put into an experimental group and a comparison group, respectively. The laughter therapy was performed to the experimental group for 60 minutes a time, twice a week for 13 weeks, from January 5 to April 5 in 2011. To find out the intervention effect, the program was analyzed by a t-test. The result showed that the therapy lowers the systolic blood pressure, relieves depression, and enhances the life quality of them. Therefore, it is expected that the therapy, a useful program contributing to the health improvement of elderly women, can be made use of nursing intervention in clinical trials or communities.

본 연구는 웃음요법 프로그램이 농촌 여성노인의 혈압, 우울 및 삶의 질에 미치는 효과를 규명하기 위한 비동등성 대조군 전후 유사 실험 연구이다. 연구대상자는 S면에 살고 있는 65세 여성노인으로 실험군 24명, 대조군 25명으로 총 49명 이었다. 실험처치는 2011년 1월 5일부터 4월 5일까지 13주간 1주일에 2회, 매회 60분간 실시하였으며, 중재효과를 비교분석하기 위해 t-검정으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 웃음요법은 농촌 여성노인의 수축기 혈압을 낮추고 우울을 감소시키며 삶의 질을 높이는 것으로 나타나 여성노인의 건강수준을 유지 증진시키는데 기여하는 유용한 프로그램으로 임상이나 지역사회에서 간호 중재방법으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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