Conclusion
humour, cognitive impairment
DISEASE
Major problems with attrition led to a smaller as planned sample size in our intervention study. However, we found some promising results for a positive effect of the humour interventions for patients in palliative care. Further research could be planned for the outpatient and home care setting, recruiting patients less advanced in the disease trajectory and thus with less physical or cognitive impairment compared to those on a palliative care unit. However, standardized training of clowns for this kind of humour intervention would be a necessary prerequisite for such a roll-out.