Effects of Laughter Therapy on Anxiety, Stress, Depression and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients
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Cancer has increasingly been recognized as a chronic illness. Cancer affects patients on physiological, social, and psychological levels [1]. Treatment of cancer persists for long periods after diagnosis and causes many side effects such as pain, stress, depression, anxiety and decreased quality of life. Stress is 24.8%, depression is 24.0% and anxiety is 24.0% in patients receiving cancer treatment [2,3].
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تاریخ انتشار 2015