چکیده مقاله
Introduction: Major depressive disorder is one of the most common psychiatric illnesses Laughter therapy as a non pharmacological and alternative treatment method has a positive effect on mental health and psychiatric diseases The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Laughter therapy the severity of depression symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder using the virtual reality Method: we conducted this clinical trial on 56 patients with major depressive disorder hospitalized in the 22 Bahman educational and medical center affiliated to Qazvin University of Medical Sciences The participants were selected using Convenience Sampling and were randomly assigned to control and test group The intervention group received 10 sessions of laughter therapy using virtual reality by VR BOX2 during 5 weeks The control group just received the routine program of the medical center Pretest, intervention and posttest with 3 month interval using demographic and depression questionnaire was done We performed t test and Chi Square to analyze the data using Spss v 22 Result: result showed that there was a significant difference between mean of depression severity of patients in intervention group with control group after the intervention P=0 000 Also there was a significant difference in patience depression severity of intervention and control group after 3 months Conclusion: the laughter therapy technique based on the reality therapy can reduce the severity of depressive symptoms and it is suggested to use it along with other therapies for patients with major depressive disorder
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نویسندگان
Mohammad Moradibaglooei
Department of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
Mohammadreza Sheikhi
Department of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
Kamal Ebrahimi
Msc Of Psychiatrice Nursing School Of Nursing And Midwifery, Qazvin University Of Medical Sciences
شیوه ارجاع
Moradibaglooei, Mohammad and Sheikhi, Mohammadreza and Ebrahimi, Kamal,1400,Survey of the Effect of Laughter Therapy on the Severity of Depression Symptoms in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder Using the Virtual Reality,11th International Conference on Psychology, Counseling and Educational Science
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