?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Depression%2C+Anxiety+and+Stress+Reduction+in+Medical+Education%3A+Humor+as+an+Intervention&rft.creator=Narula%2C+R&rft.creator=Chaudhary%2C+V&rft.creator=Narula%2C+K&rft.creator=Narayan%2C+R&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background%3A+In+recent+years+there+has+been+a+growing+appreciation+of+the+issues+of+quality+of+life+and+stresses+involved+in+medical+training+as+this+may+affect+their+learning+and+academic+performance.+Objective+of+the+study+was+to+explore+the+effectiveness+of+humor++when+used+as+intervention+in+large+group+teaching+over+negative+emotions+amongst+students.+Method%3A+The+present+Interventional%2C+Randomized+control+trial+study+was+carried+out+on+medical+students+of+4th+Semester+of+RMCH%2C+Bareilly%2C+which+has+total+90+students.+Using+simple+random+sampling+lottery+method++the+whole+class+was+divided+in+two+groups-A+and+B+consisting+of+45+students+each.+Group+A+as+control+group+and+Group+B+experimental+group.+In+first+and+last+lecture+of+both+groups+Dass-21+was+used+as+measuring+scale%2C+for+depression%2C+anxiety+and+stress+and+results+were+compared+to+see+the+effect+of+humor+on+these+three+negative+emotions.+Result%3A++Comparison+of+Severe+and+Extremely+severe+Stress%3A+In+Group+A++40.54%25+in++class+-1+increased+to+47.54%25+in+class-+4%2C+while+in+group+B+initial+13.15+%25+was+reduced+to+0+%25+(highly+significant).+Anxiety%3A+In+group+A%2C+after+Class+1+-57.45%25+increased+to+61.11%25+after+class+4%2C+while+in+group+B%2C+after+class+1-+23.68%25+reduced+to+2.27%25+only+(highly+significant).+Depression%3A+In+group+A%2C+after+Class+1+-+40.53%25+%26+41.66+%25+after+class+4+(not+significant)%2C+while+in+group+B%2C+after+class+1-+18.41%25+reduced+to+0%25+(highly+significant).+Conclusion%3A+In+present+study+humor+was+found+to+be+very+effective+intervention+in+relieving+students+on+their+negative+emotions+of+depression%2C+anxiety+and+stress+to+a+larger+extent.+Further+research+would+justify+the+use+of+humor+as+an+effective+teaching+aid+in+medical+education.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-04-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7792%2F1%2F2011-1-7.pdf&rft.identifier=++Narula%2C+R+and+Chaudhary%2C+V+and+Narula%2C+K+and+Narayan%2C+R++(2011)+Depression%2C+Anxiety+and+Stress+Reduction+in+Medical+Education%3A+Humor+as+an+Intervention.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7792%2F