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First published 2010-04

The effects of clown intervention on worries and emotional responses in children undergoing surgery

Sara Costa Fernandes, Patrícia Arriaga

Journal of Health Psychology

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First published 2014-3

Clown intervention to reduce preoperative anxiety in children and parents: A randomized controlled trial

Alberto Dionigi, Diego Sangiorgi, Roberto Flangini

Journal of Health Psychology

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First published 2014-5

Parental anxiety and stress before pediatric anesthesia: A pilot study on the effectiveness of preoperative clown intervention

Francesca Agostini, Fiorella Monti, Erica Neri [...]

Journal of Health Psychology

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First published 2026-1

Elder Clowning Interventions for Persons With Dementia in Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review and Metasynthesis of Qualitative Research

Sara-Jane Roberts, Tim Luckett, Serra Ivynian [...]

Dementia

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First published 2018-9

The Effect of Clown Intervention on Self-Report and Biomarker Measures of Stress and Fatigue in Pediatric Osteosarcoma Inpatients: A Pilot Study

Luis C. Lopes-Júnior, Gabriela Pereira-da-Silva, Denise S. C. Silveira [...]

Integrative Cancer Therapies

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First published 2017-1

Patients’ Evaluation of Intervention by a Medical Clown Visit or by Viewing a Humorous Film Following In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer

Shevach Friedler, Saralee Glasser, Gila Levitan [...]

Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine

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First published 2025

Disrupted Life Meaning: Humanistic Psychology and Autoethnographic Analysis of Hospital Clown Interventions with an Adolescent with Cancer

Inês Peceguina, Iêda Alcântara, António-José González

Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics

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First published 2026-1

Improving Collaboration Between Staff,Family Members,and Artists in Long-Term Dementia Care: A Participatory Action Research Project Into Health Care Clowning

Lieke de Kock, Barbara Groot, Jolanda Lindenberg [...]

Qualitative Health Research

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First published 2019-2

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Questionnaire on the Health Staff’s Perceptions Regarding Doutores da Alegria’s Interventions

Morgana Masetti, Susana Caires, Daniel Brandão [...]

Journal of Health Psychology

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First published 2014-10

Therapeutic clowning in paediatric practice

Fiona Finlay, Anna Baverstock, Simon Lenton

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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