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Effectiveness of a Dog-Assisted Therapy Program to Enhance Quality of Life in Institutionalized Dementia Patients.
- Source :
- Clinical Nursing Research; Jan2021, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p89-97, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a dog-assisted therapy intervention to enhance quality of life in persons with dementia institutionalized in a public care home and to study its effect on the use of psychotropic medications. A dog-assisted therapy intervention was designed, in which 34 residents of a public care home in Cuenca (Spain) participated. The participants were assigned to two groups, an experimental and a control group. The program consisted of one 50-min session per week during 9 months. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to compare post-training values between groups, using baseline values as covariates. Our findings do seem to support the hypothesis that Animal-Assisted Therapy may contribute to enhancing quality of life for residents in an aged care home. However, aspects such as the format, time, and content of the sessions as well as their possibilities of reducing psychotropic medication require more research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ELDER care
ANALYSIS of covariance
CLINICAL trials
COGNITION disorders
COMPARATIVE studies
DEMENTIA patients
INFORMED consent (Medical law)
NURSING
HEALTH outcome assessment
PSYCHIATRIC drugs
PUBLIC hospitals
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
STATISTICS
MATHEMATICAL variables
PET therapy
DATA analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
STATISTICAL significance
RESIDENTIAL care
HUMAN research subjects
EVALUATION of human services programs
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10547738
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Nursing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147967453
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773819867250