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An Irish hospital clown says she and her colleagues job is to bring the joy to children who ve been hospitalised.
A study published in
The BMJ this week showed hospital clowns might help improve physical symptoms and psychological well-being in children and teenagers being treated for acute or chronic conditions.
After two dozen trials, researchers in Brazil and Canada found that children who were in the presence of hospital clowns appeared to report significantly less anxiety during a range of medical procedures .
Deborah Wiseman, a clown from Aoife’s Clown Doctor, told
The Hard Shoulder that the research findings support what hospital clowns here in Ireland have felt for years.