N/A
N=22
Effects of Animal-assisted Therapy on Brain-injured Patients
Impaired Social Functioning
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02599766 ↗Enrolled (actual)
22
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2019
Primary outcome: Primary: Social Functioning: Total Social Behavior — 29.22; 8.68 percentage of shown behavior
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- animal assisted therapy (Other); standard therapy (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
- Primary completion
- Feb 2016
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Social Functioning: Total Social Behavior |
29.22; 8.68 | — |
| SECONDARY Social Functioning: Verbal Communication |
25.4; 19.04 | — |
| SECONDARY Social Functioning: Nonverbal Communication |
31.94; 5.26 | — |
| SECONDARY Social Functioning: Physical Contact |
18.32; 1.53 | — |
| SECONDARY Social Functioning: Attention |
89.01; 90.65 | — |
| SECONDARY Positive Emotional Display |
6.95; 3.75 | — |
| SECONDARY Negative Emotional Display |
0.31; 0.59 | — |
| SECONDARY Neutral Emotional Display |
92.73; 94.20 | — |
| SECONDARY Mood 1: Motivation |
138.80; 132.22 | — |
| SECONDARY Mood 2: Bipolar Mood Dimension (Good-bad) |
16.93; 16.12 | — |
| SECONDARY Mood 3: Satisfaction Self-assessment |
129.81; 124.54 | — |
| SECONDARY Mood 4: Satisfaction Therapist Rating |
137.31; 128.14 | — |
| SECONDARY Heart Rate |
85.23; 83.41 | — |
| SECONDARY Motor Activity |
90.93; 75.88 | — |
Summary
The purpose is to investigate whether animal-assisted therapy has positive biopsychosocial effects on patients with brain injuries. This study investigates the short-term biopsychosocial effects that occur when animals are present during therapy sessions in comparison to therapy sessions without animals, observing a group of 25 patients over 24 therapy sessions. While half of the sessions are held in presence of an animal and half without, they are as comparable as possible with respect to content and setting. In this study, patients who are in a slightly advanced rehabilitation process, assessed via their function profile, are investigated.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- patient at REHAB Basel
- brain-injury
- willing to participate in animal-assisted therapies
- physical and psychological resilience and ability to go/be transported outside to the "Therapie-Tiergarten"
- ability to get in contact with the animal autonomously
Exclusion Criteria
- medical contraindications:allergies, phobias, etc.
- no willingness to participate in animal-assisted therapies
- patient might present a danger to the animals (aggressive behaviour)
- patient's medication changes radically during the time of data collection
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02599766). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.