"The Effect of Humor and Laughter on C Reactive Protein: A Pilot Study"

Loma Linda University (LLU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: humor

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02415231

5150100

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is to see if watching humor and laughing can affect CRP levels in healthy individuals. This is a randomized controlled trial.

Full description

Subjects will be...males and females: students, employees, and members of the community.

5. "Subjects will be between __18 and __99 years of age."

6. "In total, subject participation will last approximately __1 day for 90 minutes

7. "Subjects will be recruited by word of mouth at the Loma Linda University Campus and surrounding communities__."

8. "Consent will take place by investigators in Nichol Hall Room A620/A640__."

9. If Multi-center:

10. If Single center or investigator-initiated:

"60_ subjects will participate in the study."

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages 18-99 yrs , healthy individuals

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years old, or over 99 years old, non healthy individuals

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

humor

Experimental group

Description:

humor group will watch humor video for 20 minutes

Treatment:

Behavioral: humor

control non humor

No Intervention group

Description:

control group did not watch humor, they sat quietly for 20 minutes.