Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: September | Volume: 9 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 77-85
A Pre-Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Laughter Therapy on Quality of Life among Elderly Residing at Selected Old age Homes, Punjab
Manpreet Kaur1, Dr. Amandeep Kaur Bajwa2, Mrs Gurjeet Kaur3
1M.Sc. (N) Student, SGRD College of Nursing, Vallah, Amritsar.
2Professor, SGRD College of Nursing, Vallah, Amritsar
3Assistant Professor, SGRD College of Nursing, Amritsar
Corresponding Author: Manpreet Kaur
ABSTRACT
Quality of life of elderly is greatly affected by their living place. As there is drastic increase in elderly population in India; many questions arises related to their care. Quality of life of elderly living in old age homes need greater attention from caregiver for that various non pharmacological techniques are used. The Objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of laughter therapy on quality of life of elderly residing in old age home. A Pre experimental study (one group pre-test and post-test) was conducted on 60 elderly residing at old age home selected by purposive sampling technique. The elderly allocated in three groups (20 in each group). 16 sessions (4 sessions / week) of 40 minute duration were provided to each group. Data was collected by administering WHOQOL-BREFF questionnaire. The results of study revealed that the pre-test mean±SD score of quality of life was 157.4 ±43.09 and post-test mean±SD score was 178.53±34.26. It was found that there was statistically significant difference in the pre-test and post-test score of quality of life (t=2.740) at 0.05 level. There was a significant association between pre-test score of quality of life and presence of any illness/disease and post-test score of quality of life with sex and type of admission at 0.05 level. The study findings concluded that Laughter Therapy was effective to improve the quality of life of elderly residing at old age homes.
Key words: Quality of life, laughter therapy, elderly, WHOQOL-BREFF questionnaire