ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2006
Humor and Laughter May Influence Health: II. Complementary Therapies and Humor in a Clinical Population.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02849067 (Hemodynamic Responses of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Patients to a Comedy Session), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Hemodynamic Responses of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Patients to a Comedy Session: Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
Our results support a connection between sense of humor and self-reported physical health, however, it is difficult to determine the relationship to any specific disease process. Whereas relationships between sense of humor and self-reported measures of physical well-being appear to be supported, more research is required to determine interrelationships between sense of humor and well-being.
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