Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of humor therapy in residential care: the Sydney Multisite Intervention of LaughterBosses and ElderClowns (SMILE)

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2037-2044

  Goodenough, Belinda ^a   Low, Lee Fay ^a   Casey, Anne Nicole ^a   Chenoweth, Lynn ^b,c   Fleming, Richard ^d   Spitzer, Peter ^e   Bell, Jean Paul ^f   Brodaty, Henry ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SOUTH EASTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e Humour Foundation   (Australia)

^f Arts Health Institute   (Australia)

^g PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

aged care; behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD); dementia; nursing home; psychosocial interventions

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMOR THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; MORALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LAUGHTER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868216636     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212000683     Document Type: Article

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