Aliza M Olive, Asdis Finnsdottir Wagner, Daniel T Mulhall, Tessie W October, Joanna L Hart, Ashley K Sherman, Jessica S Wallisch, Laura Miller-Smith
Nudging During Pediatric Intensive Care Conferences With Family Members: Retrospective Analysis of Transcripts From a Single-Center, 2015-2019
Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies
humor commonly used palliative care identified coping strategy palliative care patients family caregivers however use humor laughter palliative care settings still limited aim study examine effect laughter therapy involving spontaneous laughter mood disturbances pain terminally ill patients cancer mood disturbances levels burnout family caregivers quasiexperimental study used nonequivalent control group pretestposttest design laughter therapy developed provided 20 30 minutes day 5 consecutive days twentysix pairs terminally ill cancer patients family caregivers intervention group 23 pairs comparison group hospice ward tertiary teaching hospital participated study data collected using structured questionnaires analyzed using descriptive statistics 2way repeatedmeasures analysis variance significant decreases mood disturbances patients p 001 family caregivers p 001 pain patients p 001 levels burnout caregivers p 001 intervention group laughter therapy alternative intervention support terminally ill patients cancer family caregivers experiencing multidimensional distress palliative care settings appropriate use laughter humor therapy needs encouraged support tool palliative care palliative care teams must properly trained provide spontaneous laughter therapy planned humor therapy