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ABSTRACT
The aging process is degenerative that will result in physical changes, cognitive, spiritual
and psycho-social.The Changes that emerges is a psychological stressor in the elderly that will
result in psychological problems such as depression.The purpose of this study was to determine
the effect of laughter therapy on the level of depression in the elderly in nursing homes
MojopahitMojokerto.The study design that used here is the pre-experiment with design One-
Group Pre-Post Test Design.Overall elderly population who live in the orphanage until 44
become the samples of 24 elderly taken by purposive sampling.The independent variable of
laughter therapy and dependent one levels on depression in the elderly.The data were taken using
questionnaire that is used before and after laugh therapy.After all the data was collected and
statistical test was processed followed by a Wilcoxon sign test SPSS17, the results showed
Asymp.Sig value (2-tailed) of 0.014 and of 0.05.Because Asymp.Sig value (2-tailed) < 0.05
then H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted, which means there is the effect of laughter therapy on the
level of depression in the elderly.In some old depression is a psychological problem that will
affect quality of life. Senior citizens are often need to be handling intervention psychological
depression. Laughter therapy is an effective therapy because with given therapy laugh citizens
can develop ability to communicate and intimacy in relationships with each other to citizens.