Laughter yoga versus group exercise program in elderly depressed women: A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-327

  Shahidi, Mahvash ^a   Mojtahed, Ali ^b   Modabbernia, Amirhossein ^b   Mojtahed, Mohammad ^b   Shafiabady, Abdollah ^a   Delavar, Ali ^a   Honari, Habib ^a  

^a ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

depression; exercise therapy; laughter therapy; laughter yoga; life satisfaction; older women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; THERAPY EFFECT; YOGA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IRAN; LAUGHTER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOGA;

EID: 79951760852     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2545     Document Type: Article

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