Physiological and Emotional Responses of Disabled Children to Therapeutic Clowns: A Pilot Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Participants</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Clown intervention</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Television intervention</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"></td><td align="center">Day 1</td><td align="center">Day 2</td><td align="center">Day 1</td><td align="center">Day 2</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">1</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">↑</td><td align="center">=</td><td align="center">=</td></tr><tr><td align="left">2</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">=</td><td align="center">=</td><td align="center">↓</td></tr><tr><td align="left">4</td><td align="center">↑</td><td align="center">↑</td><td align="center">=</td><td align="center">=</td></tr><tr><td align="left">6</td><td align="center">↑</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">↑</td><td align="center">↑</td></tr><tr><td align="left">7</td><td align="center">↑</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">=</td><td align="center">=</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>Blank cells denote missing data. The direction of the arrow in the cell represents the direction of change in mood pre to post intervention: ↑ represents positive change, = represents no change, ↓ represents negative change. </td></tr></table>

Results of a visual inspection of change in emotional response pre to post intervention.

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Table 4: Physiological and Emotional Responses of Disabled Children to Therapeutic Clowns: A Pilot Study 