Seniors who do not laugh in their daily lives have an almost one and a half times higher risk of developing conditions in which they will not be able to take care of themselves. This conclusion, as reported by the RIA Novosti news agency, was made by Japanese scientists from the Department of Preventive Medicine of the Medical Research Department of Nagoya University.
According to Kenji Takeuchi, the lead author of the study, the researchers conducted a three-year experiment in which more than fourteen thousand people participated. The main goal of the experiment is to find a correlation between laughter and health in old age.
“All participants were divided into four groups - depending on how often they laugh out loud in everyday life. As a result, it turned out that the risk of losing capacity in old age is higher for those people who hardly laugh in ordinary life - they are 1.4 times more likely to lose the ability to self-serve than those who laugh every day,”said Takeuchi.
The scientist noted that it may be due to the ability of laughter to strengthen the immune system and stimulate the work of blood vessels. Takeuchi added that this is the first such study in the world. Perhaps, the data obtained from its results will be used in the diagnosis of conditions that can lead to the loss of the ability to service oneself.
