The impact of laughter yoga on the stress of cancer patients before chemotherapy

Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 179-183

  Farifteh, Shadi ^a   Mohammadi Aria, Alireza ^b   Kiamanesh, Alireza ^a   Mofid, Bahram ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Laughter yoga; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION DEFECT; LAUGHTER YOGA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE ON STRESS IN CANCER PATIENT R23; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL CONFLICT; YOGA;

EID: 84911891736     PISSN: 20082401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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