Efficacy of laughter-inducing interventions in patients with somatic or mental health problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials

Effects of laughter yoga on hemodialysis patients’ plasma-beta endorphin levels, pain levels and sleep quality: A randomized controlled trial

(2021) Zülfünaz Özer et al.   Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

A digital media attention diversion improves mood and fear in patients receiving chemotherapy for recurrent gynecologic malignancies: results of a randomized trial

(2020) Ryan Spencer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER

Effects of a laughter programme with entrainment music on stress, depression, and health-related quality of life among gynaecological cancer patients

(2020) Yong Jin Lee et al.   Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Laughter-inducing therapies: Systematic review and meta-analysis

(2019) C. Natalie van der Wal et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials of laughter and humor interventions on depression, anxiety and sleep quality in adults

(2019) Jinping Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING

Feasibility of a group-based laughter yoga intervention as an adjunctive treatment for residual symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in people with depression

(2019) Daniel Bressington et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

Effects of laughter therapy on quality of life in patients with cancer: An open-label, randomized controlled trial

(2019) Toshitaka Morishima et al.   PLoS One

RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

(2019) Jonathan A C Sterne et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Connecting minds and sharing emotions through mimicry: A neurocognitive model of emotional contagion

(2017) Eliska Prochazkova et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

The effect of watching funny and unfunny videos on post-surgical pain levels

(2017) Hülya Elmali et al.   Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Therapeutic Benefits of Laughter in Mental Health: A Theoretical Review

(2016) JongEun Yim   TOHOKU JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

The effects of a simulated laughter programme on mood, cortisol levels, and health-related quality of life among haemodialysis patients

(2016) Eun Hwa Heo et al.   Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

The Effects of Laughter Therapy on Mood State and Self-Esteem in Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(2015) So Hee Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

Estimation of the predictive power of the model in mixed-effects meta-regression: A simulation study

(2013) José Antonio López-López et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL & STATISTICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Laughter and MIRTH (Methodical Investigation of Risibility, Therapeutic and Harmful): narrative synthesis

(2013) R. E. Ferner et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Effects of humor and laughter on psychological functioning, quality of life, health status, and pulmonary functioning among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A preliminary investigation

(2012) Kim R. Lebowitz et al.   HEART & LUNG

Laughter yoga versus group exercise program in elderly depressed women: a randomized controlled trial

(2010) Mahvash Shahidi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

The purpose and function of humour in health, health care and nursing: a narrative review

(2008) May McCreaddie et al.   JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING

Short-term Improvement of Erectile Dysfunction by Viewing Humorous Films in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis

(2008) Hajime Kimata   Journal of Sexual Medicine

What is “quality of evidence” and why is it important to clinicians?

(2008) Gordon H Guyatt et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal