Previous studies report low levels of mood and of quality of life among cancer patients. Laugh has been proved to improve mood and immune system function. The investigators propose to assess in a prospective randomised case-control study the affects of laugh-yoga intervention on mood levels and quality of life among cancer patients in a cancer clinic. The main hypothesis is that patients in laugh-yoga group will report higher mood and quality o life levels after intervention in comparison with no-intervention group. The second hypothesis is that immune system is the mediator of the effects of laugh-yoga intervention on mood and quality of life.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
1 hour including laugh, respiratory exercises and guided imagination by a group instructor specialized in laugh yoga
Quality of Life Questionnaire - QLQ-C30 & Positive-Negative Affect
Time frame: Participants will fill QLQ-C30 & Positive -Negative Affect will be assessed before intervention and after three laugh - yoga sessions (that is after three weeks)
Blood analysis for WBC, CRP, T&B Lymphocytes
Time frame: Before intervention and after three laugh-yoga interventions, that is after three weeks.
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