Happiness and life expectancy in the elderly.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: elderly people who participated in laughter yoga intervention. The type of intervention is laughter yoga. Laughter yoga is performed in 8 sessions of 45 minutes in
Sponsors
Gorgan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Elderly over 60 years Having Iranian nationality Resident of Gorgan Ability to speak Having full consciousness while studying Ability to communicate and the ability to answer study questions
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Having obvious cognitive and psychological problems Having problems with broken bones (meaning a problem that prevents you from doing laughter yoga technique) Participation in the laughter yoga program in the past and present
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The happiness score of the elderly in the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. Timepoint: Measuring the happiness score at the beginning of the study before the intervention and after the end of 8 intervention sessions. Method of measurement: Oxford Happiness Questionnaire.;The life expectancy score of the elderly in the Snyder life expectancy questionnaire. Timepoint: Measuring the life expectancy score at the beginning of the study before the start of the intervention and after the end of 8 intervention sessions. Method of measurement: Snyder's Life Expectancy Questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactZeinab seraj
Gorgan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed