笑いが療養生活を送る高齢者の主観的幸福感とNK細胞に与える影響

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of laughter on the subjective well-being and natural killer (NK) cell of the elderly receiveng medical treatment. Eight persons were asked to watch "rakugo" (comic monologue) and "manzai" (comic cackchat) once a week over the perion of four weeks. Before and after each comic session, a questionnaire using the Philadelphia Geriatric Center (PGC) morale scale and a blood test were conducted. The findings revealed a certain degrtee of increase in the NK cell activity, the number of NK cells and endorphin. However, no significant result was observed from the four-week laughter program and no significant change was observed in their subjective well-being level either. The results suggest that there is a need to create porgrams which help the elderly get adjusted to a lifestyle of receiving medecal treatment.
山口県立大学の論文
2005-03-31