Prolonged pharmacological interventions have detrimental health consequences by
developing drug tolerance or drug resistance, in addition to adverse drug events. The …

Background Pain is common in children receiving medical procedures, and there is a lack of
adequate awareness and management. In addition, children who undergo medical …

In this systematic review, we sought to understand the effects of laughter-inducing
interventions on blood pressure and heart rate variability. For this purpose, we identified 32 …

Clinicians hold diverse views about the appropriateness and effectiveness of introducing
humor into the process of psychotherapy. The goal of this qualitative phenomenological …

'The amount of attention to detail given in this book is no joke. It takes you on a journey
starting from the history of laughter and humour, all the way to the latest research and …

Main aim of this study is to determine what causes humor, and secondarily, to find out why
rhythmic laughter is its expression. In this review, we have analyzed the characteristics of …

Considering the growing interest in VR psychotherapy, this study investigated the
relationship between client laughter and session outcomes in metaverse counseling. To …

Pain is subjective, multidimensional, with psychological components, and often requires
treatment methods tailored to each patient (Raja et al., 2020). Anxiety can often accompany …

Humor can contribute to nursing practices for relieving pain and anxiety in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during intravenous (IV) biologic treatment. This study used a …

Collecting data from the lived experiences of those with chronic health conditions is a
delicate and challenging matter that must account for the individual differences of coping …