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What is Laughter?

Laughter is an audible expression or the appearance of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy. It may ensue from jokes, tickling or other stimuli. It is in most cases a very pleasant sensation. A general theory that explains laughter is called the relief theory.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Ease Pain 4 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Mood elevated or improved 2 2 Efficacy_major
Pain 1 0
Fatigue 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 4

Reported Schedules

  1 hr every other week 1 min daily 1 other daily 60 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Laughter (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 1   Other: 100%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Laughter

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Using Laughter

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Laughter

Always
 2 50%
Usually
 1 25%
Sometimes
 1 25%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Laughter

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 25%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Laughter

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

Report created on May 26, 2012.