Effects of humor and laughter on psychological functioning, quality of life, health status, and pulmonary functioning among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A preliminary investigation

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 310-319

  Lebowitz, Kim R ^a   Suh, Sooyeon ^b   Diaz, Philip T ^b   Emery, Charles F ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Depression; Humor; Laughter; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING HUMOR SCALE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMOR; HYPERINFLATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MOOD; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY SCALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SHORT FORM 36; SITUATIONAL HUMOR RESPONSE QUESTIONNAIRE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THERAPY EFFECT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LAUGHTER THERAPY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 79959818567     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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