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The Association between Laughter and Functional Dyspepsia in a Young Japanese Population
The potential health benefits of laughter are recognized in relation to several chronic diseases. However, no study has yet investigated the association between laughter and functional dyspepsia (FD). The purpose of this study was to investigate this issue in a young Japanese population. Methods: Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9103241/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35565081 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095686 |
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author | Yamamoto, Yasunori Furukawa, Shinya Kato, Aki Kusumoto, Katsunori Miyake, Teruki Takeshita, Eiji Ikeda, Yoshio Yamamoto, Naofumi Okada, Katsutoshi Saeki, Yuka Hiasa, Yoichi |
author_facet | Yamamoto, Yasunori Furukawa, Shinya Kato, Aki Kusumoto, Katsunori Miyake, Teruki Takeshita, Eiji Ikeda, Yoshio Yamamoto, Naofumi Okada, Katsutoshi Saeki, Yuka Hiasa, Yoichi |
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description | The potential health benefits of laughter are recognized in relation to several chronic diseases. However, no study has yet investigated the association between laughter and functional dyspepsia (FD). The purpose of this study was to investigate this issue in a young Japanese population. Methods: This study was conducted on 8923 Japanese university students. Information on the frequency of laughter and types of laughter-inducing situations, digestive symptoms (Rome III criteria) were obtained through a self-administered, web-based questionnaire. Results: The percentage of respondents who laughed out loud almost every day was 64.3%. On the other hand, 1.8% of the subjects reported that they rarely laughed. No association was found between the total frequency of laughter and FD. Laughing while talking with family and friends almost every day was significantly inversely associated with FD (adjusted odds ratio (OR): 0.47 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.28–0.81); p for trend was 0.003). On the other hand, laughing while watching TV or videos and laughing while looking at comics or magazines independently showed a positive correlation with FD (TV or videos: adjusted OR, 1–5 times a week: 1.74 (95% CI: 1.16–2.60); comics or magazines: adjusted OR, 1–5 times a week: 1.78 (95% CI: 1.08–2.81)). Conclusion: In this young Japanese population, no association between laughter frequency and FD was observed although laughing while talking with friends and family was independently and inversely associated with FD. |
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spelling | pubmed-91032412022-05-14 The Association between Laughter and Functional Dyspepsia in a Young Japanese Population Yamamoto, Yasunori Furukawa, Shinya Kato, Aki Kusumoto, Katsunori Miyake, Teruki Takeshita, Eiji Ikeda, Yoshio Yamamoto, Naofumi Okada, Katsutoshi Saeki, Yuka Hiasa, Yoichi Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The potential health benefits of laughter are recognized in relation to several chronic diseases. However, no study has yet investigated the association between laughter and functional dyspepsia (FD). The purpose of this study was to investigate this issue in a young Japanese population. Methods: This study was conducted on 8923 Japanese university students. Information on the frequency of laughter and types of laughter-inducing situations, digestive symptoms (Rome III criteria) were obtained through a self-administered, web-based questionnaire. Results: The percentage of respondents who laughed out loud almost every day was 64.3%. On the other hand, 1.8% of the subjects reported that they rarely laughed. No association was found between the total frequency of laughter and FD. Laughing while talking with family and friends almost every day was significantly inversely associated with FD (adjusted odds ratio (OR): 0.47 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.28–0.81); p for trend was 0.003). On the other hand, laughing while watching TV or videos and laughing while looking at comics or magazines independently showed a positive correlation with FD (TV or videos: adjusted OR, 1–5 times a week: 1.74 (95% CI: 1.16–2.60); comics or magazines: adjusted OR, 1–5 times a week: 1.78 (95% CI: 1.08–2.81)). Conclusion: In this young Japanese population, no association between laughter frequency and FD was observed although laughing while talking with friends and family was independently and inversely associated with FD. MDPI 2022-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9103241/ /pubmed/35565081 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095686 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Yamamoto, Yasunori Furukawa, Shinya Kato, Aki Kusumoto, Katsunori Miyake, Teruki Takeshita, Eiji Ikeda, Yoshio Yamamoto, Naofumi Okada, Katsutoshi Saeki, Yuka Hiasa, Yoichi The Association between Laughter and Functional Dyspepsia in a Young Japanese Population |
title | The Association between Laughter and Functional Dyspepsia in a Young Japanese Population |
title_full | The Association between Laughter and Functional Dyspepsia in a Young Japanese Population |
title_fullStr | The Association between Laughter and Functional Dyspepsia in a Young Japanese Population |
title_full_unstemmed | The Association between Laughter and Functional Dyspepsia in a Young Japanese Population |
title_short | The Association between Laughter and Functional Dyspepsia in a Young Japanese Population |
title_sort | association between laughter and functional dyspepsia in a young japanese population |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9103241/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35565081 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095686 |
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