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Active Not RecruitingNANCT06204562

Feasibility and Effects of Laughter-imitation Therapy (LIT)

Background: The mental wellbeing of the institutional population has to be promoted, particularly after the serious hit by the pandemic. Objectives: 1. To develop a LIT intervention to promote menta...

Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong•1 locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Lead Sponsor

The University of Hong Kong

Age

65 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Inclusion Criteria

•i. aged ≥65 years, ii. living in institutions for ≥6 months and will continue to live there for ≥6 months, iii. no communication problems, iv. cognitively capable (screened by 5-min Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) \> age-and-education specific cutoff at 7th-percentile).

Exclusion Criteria

•i. facial paralysis or paralysed Zygomaticus major muscle or orbicularis oculi muscle, ii. hearing problem that prevent them from following audio recording, iii. undergoing oxygen therapy that may hinder their practice, iv. those with undiagnosed depression but is detected by screening with Geriatric Depression Scale ≥ 8 (they will be referred to professional service).

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: March 28, 2025Terms

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StatusACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

PhaseNA

Enrollment30

Start dateSep 2023

Last updatedMar 28, 2025

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Community

Hong Kong

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This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: March 28, 2025Data synced to Clareo: July 13, 2026

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